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No. 19. NOVEMBER, 1881.

Vol. IV.

k BMGLIM * TRI6Y81M

Illustrated gagazinc of fjport.

EDITED BY

HENRY STURMEY & C. W. NAIRN.

LONDON;
HARRY ETHERINGTON, 152, FLEET STREET, E.C.

COVENTRY: ^
ILIFFE & SON, 12, SMITHFORD STREET AND YICAR LANE

IUFFE « SON, PRINTERS COVENTRY.

H- L. COKTIS, Amateur Champion, won the 25 arid 50 Miles'

Amateur Championship Races on a Bicycle fitted with Bown's
.SOLUS" Ball Bearings, heating record time.

BOWN'S

PATENT

MM BALL BEARINGS,

FOE

FRONT WHEELS, BACK WHEELS, AND PEDALS OF BICYCLES & TRICYCLES,

[are

Universally Adjustable, Dust or Dirt Proof, require

but Slight Lubrication, and consequently are the most

Durable Bearings yet introduced.

As a proof of their vast superiority, all the principal Amateur and

Professional Bicycle Eaces have been won by the use of these

celebrated Bearings.

Front Wheel Bearings.

Back Wheel Bearings.

Elevation. Section. Front View with
Cap removed

Ball Pedals.

WILLIAM BOWN,

308, SUMMER LANE, BIRMINGHAM,

SOLE PROPRIETOR AND MAKER,

N.B. — Manufacturer of every description of Fittings for Bicycles and
Stampings in Iron and Steel for same.

PP .

xfi

£ .

£!■■
13 8

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« p.

J5 DO

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Bown's Patent '' JEOLTJS" Ball Bearings are admitted to be by far

the best as regards durability, easy adjustment, for attaining

great speed and requiring less lubrication than all others.

biysm & mMmm

ILLUSTRATED

MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF SPORT. -

EDITED BY

VOLUME IV.

NOVEMBER TO MAY, 1882.

COVENTKY :

Iliffe & Son, 12, Shithford Street and Vicar Lane.

LONDON :

Harry Etherington, 152, Fleet Street.

1882.

*PpKflCE.*-

NOTHER six months have passed, and the " Wheel
World " completes its Fourth Volume, and enters
upon its Fifth. The increased patronage which h?s
been accorded us during the past few months we are thankful
for, and take it as showing that our humble efforts to instruct,
interest, and amuse our readers, have been successful. Our aim
and efforts in the future will be to uphold the tone of the
Magazine ; and improvement rather than retrogression will be
the order of the day, with which promise we leave our readers
in possession of Volume IV., and subscribe ourselves

THE EDITORS.

T l
I

*INDEX>

A Bicycle Ride

A Dramatic Scene

A few Conundrums

A few Good Things and "Wonders

which we saw at the Stanley

Show
A Grave in the Forest (' Choey

Sawtell").

A Holiday run in New Zealand. .
A Lucky Chance (" Bab Tardley")

200
188

167
95

139
87

A new Fashion
A Real Novelty ; or, the Most Un-
pleasant Ride of the Season

("Jarge') 158

A Ride for a Wife (H. J. Swind-

ley) 13,48

A Reminiscence (Maddox) . . 189

A Ride through Brittany . . . . 67

A Trip to Paris 150

A Yisit to Coventry . . . . 208

Across the " Herrin' Pond " . . 169
Esthetic Cyclist, The . . . . 219

Amongst the Clubs 31, 77, 112, 155, 207"

243

An Ingenious Fraud . . . . 170

Anchorites' Traynnerraisse, The 211
Australian Cyclists' Union, For-
mation of . . . . . . 257

Bee Hive, The Lambourne End 169
Bicycle Bits and Tricycle Trifles 270

Bicycle Ride, A 65

Bicycling .. .. .. ..110

Bicycling in Australia
Bicycling Literature (H. J. Swind

ley) 90

Clubs, Amongst the, 31, 77, 112, 155,
207, 243
Coming Events Column . . .. 114
Concerning a First- Verse Poet . . 248
Conundrums, A Few . . . . 188

CORRESPONDENCE :

Not the Zingari . . . . 80
Cost of Starting a Newspaper,

The 226

Coventry, A Visit to . . . . 208
Cycling Celebrities: —

Harry J. Swiudley . . . . 15

W. E. N. Coston .. .. 60

Charles R. Maddox

Richard Jourden

Boverton Redwood
Cvclist Xmas .Number Puzzles . .

"D.H.F.," Mit a

Diminutive Dramas: —

The Committee Meeting

The Club Run

Dramatic Scene, A

Dr. Richardson, F.R.S., on

Tricycling
Editorial : —

The Sociabilities of Club Life

Why do Clubs Decay ?

Our Press in 1882

Wheel Friendships

Shows

Workers
Elopement a la Mode
" Esprit de Corps"
Fantastical Bicycle
Fashion, A New . .
Few Good Thirjgs which we saw

at the Stanley Show, A
First of April, The
Formation of an Australian Cy

clists' Union
Fraud, An Ingenious
Germany and Austria, The Sport

PAGE.

132
149
235

17.)

62
195
200

137

187

231

102

153

223

265

257
170

Geology as Applied to Bicycling

Girls and Bicycles. .

Good Things and Wonders which

we Saw at the Stanley Show, A

Few 223

Grave in the Forest, A (" Choey

Sawtell") 13

Gravel and Cinders . . . . 28

Header, Jones' . . . . . . 264

Herrin' Pond, Across the . . . . 169

Hints to Cycling Tourists . . 228

Holiday Run in New Zealand, A 167
How the Wheel World Wags 17, 56, 101,
145, 201, 245
Hundred Miles a day, One . . 23

Illustrations : —

More Tyranny 27

Cheering Remarks to a Young
Rider 35

4-^5

INDEX.

PAGE.

Ye Knights of Ye Wheel do

Deadly Combat . . . . 47

W.E.N. Coston .. .-. 61

The Paternal Parent on the Job 99
" Jarge " as " Rummy 0 " . . 101
The Coming Man . . . . 154

Making Tea 160

Crossing the Quad . . . . 161

It's Rainin' 162

Farewell to Haileybury . . 163

Stones .. .... ..164

Jarges on the Job . . . . 165

Human Nature . . . . 227

Boverton Redwood . . . . 237

The Busy Season . . . . 242

Ingenious Fraud, An . . . . 170

Jones' Header . . . . . . 264

Jottings from the Emerald Isle 34, 76,
100, 157, 219, 255
Jottings on Leaves from an old
Cyclist's Notebook . . . . 144

Lady of the Wheel, The . . . . 165

Law Cases During the Month 25, 75
Law of Bicycles and Tricycles, The 73
Literature, Bicycling (H. J.
Swindley) .... .. 90

Lucky Chance, A (Bab Yardley) 95, 139

Mita"D.H.F." 28

Midland Whispers 260

New Fashion, A 87

Notes of a Cruise on Wheels in

Normandy
One hundred Miles a Day

Our Press in 1882

Patent Record 36, 81, 133, 186,

Park Practice in Chicago

Pars, from the N. Y. Sunday

Couner
Poet's Message, The (Sawtell)
Pond, Across the Herrin'
Poor Puffanblow
Press in 1882, Our..
Racing, Record of . .
Real Novelty : or, the Most Un

pleasant Ride of the Season, A

("Jarge")

213
23
85
228
272
152

236

169

271

Recollections of Some Early Tri-
cycles . . . . . . . . 177

Record, Patent 36, 81, 133, 186, 228, 272
Record of Racing .. .. .. 26

Records, Roving 66, 115, 172, 213, 238
Reminiscence, A. (Maddox) . . 189

Richardson, F.R.S., on Tricycling,

Dr 232
Ride for a Wife, A (H. J. Swind-
ley) 13,48

Ride Through Brittany, A 67

Riding on a Wheel . . . . 234

Roving Records 66, 115, 172, 213, 238

Scene, A Dramatic

Scraps from the South

Shows

Sketches of Imagination

Sociabilities of Club Life, The . .

Sport in Germany and Austria,

The

Spring

Tale of a Wayside Inn

The ^Esthetic Cyclist

The Anchorites' Traynnerraisse

The Cost of Starting a Newspaper

The Cyclist Xmas Number Puzzles

The First of April

The Lady of the Wheel

The Law of Bicycles and Tricycles

The Poet's Message (Sawtell) . .

The Safety of Bicycling

The Sociabilities of Club Life . .

The Sport in Germany and

Austria
The Voyage of the Good Trike

•' Sociable, " of Finchley ; or,

" Jarges on the Job
To a Friendly Cycle
Trip to Paris, A
Visit to Coventry, A
Western Waifs 25, 79, 131
What he is Doing . .
Wheel Friendships
Wheel, Riding on a
Whispers, Midland
Why do Clubs Decay
Workers

200

187

256

171
261
219
211
226
179
265
165
73
94

150

208

151, 210, 254

75
137

41
231

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The Wheel World Advertiser — November, 1881.

The Matchless.

The Matchless.
The Matchless.
The Matchless.
The Matchless.
The Matchless.
The Matchless.

Non-Vibrating, Rubber
Cushioned

BICYCLE.

" The easiest running machine we
ever sat upon. We express this
opinion as the result of some 7CO
miles' riding on roads of every des-
cription."— The Field.

"A magnificent roadster. As fine
a machine in every way as ever left
the workshop." — The Bazaar.

" As near perfection as it is possible
to get. Certainly of very highest
standard of excellence."— Bicyclwg
Times.

"It stands an almost perfect specf-
men of human ingenuity and skilJ,
beautiful and symmetrical as a whole,
and unique in ita parts." — Midland
Athlete.

Splendidly illustrated catalogue
free on application.

On easy terms of payment. Hire,
with option of purchase.

Many hundreds of these elegant machines now in use, giving the
greatest satisfaction.

The Bicycle & Tricycle Supply

Association,
■*27-Se, H0IiB01^N YlflDOCl', E.C>

2 The Wheel World Advertise/ — Nbvember, 1881.

HILLMAN,

HEIBM.

* COOPER

1 'PREMIER" WORKS, COVENTRY.
97, CHEAPSIDE, } T AW RAM

5, LISLE ST., LEICESTER SQUARE, J Lulli/Url.
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Bicycles *> Tricycles.

SfiND FOE
Catalogue & Testimonials.

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SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SHIPPERS.

tS" Please say where you saw thii.

'Die Wheel World Advertiser — November, 1881. 3

THE WORLD-RENOWNED

Duplex Excelsior Hollow Fork.

ALL IMPROVEMENTS, SPECIAL QUALITY & FINISH,

As supplied to the American Bicyclist Touring Party,

JULY, 1880.

Patronised by Her Majesty's Postmaster General t

The Excelsior TriGycle, No. 1.

ft//fj/rfrf/rrrfrr/i/it/r/i//fiirr/rirf/fr/r/fnriirfrttrrrrrrtriifriiffrfrrirrrrfrfrirrrrrfr/itri/i

With Patent Gear (No. 4842, Nov., 1879), in lieu of Endless Chain. Ball Deal-
ings to all Wheels, and Pedal Action.

Hundreds in daily use by the Postal Service, running from 20 to 40 milts
daily. A proof of their durability and easy running.

THE CHAMPION 10 MILE AMATEUR TRICYCLE RACE,

Run at Belgrave Road Grounds, Leicester, Easter Tuesday, April 19, 1881
was Won by S. Corbett, Jun., C.B.C., on an " Excelsior," manufactured by
BAYLISS, THOMAS & Co. Time, 42m. 54s., beating G. Hillier (on
Humber), and C. D. Vesey (on Humber).

At the Fifty Miles Tricycle Race, on November fith, 1880, from Finchley to
Hitchin and back, the four "Excelsior" Tricycles ridden by Messrs. H. J. Bell,
W.K.T.C. ; S. Corbett, C.B.C.; C. Kitching, W.K.T.C.; and W. W.Williams,
W.K.T.C., were each winners of medals, having completed the distance in the
specified time,

BAYLISS. THOMAS & Co.,

"Excelsior" Works, Coventry,

The oldest and largest Bicycle and Tricycle Manufacturers in Coventry with
one exception.

Descriptive Price List, with Woodcuts and Testimonials, 48 pages, Id. stamp.

LONDON AGENTS:

GOY & Co.. Leadenhall Street, E.C.;
HICKLING & Co., 30, Queen Victoria St.,

[e.c.

4 The Wheel World Advertiser — November, 1881.

"VflE cycmgr pwmng wew.

ILIFFE & SON,

PRINTERS

AND

PUBLISHERS

ESTIMATES ON APPLICATION,

12, SMITHFORD STREET & YICAR LANE,
COVENTRY.

The Wheel World Advertiser — November, 1881.

THE "HOWE" MACHINE CO.'S

Bicycles & Tricycles

Are constructed of the best material, and by the most experienced of workmen.
They are planned on the surest mechanical principles, and possess all the
desirable "points " in 'cycling machines.

THE "HOWE" BICYCLE. THE "HOWE" TRICYCLE.

"•"K&S SS&SSftJSS EST- *»• j=R :5KS *■*

changeable.

Small wheel behind.

Prices from £15 15s. I Price, *16 16s.

THE " HOWE " MACHINE Co., Ld, Bridgeton, Glasgow.

London: 46, Queen Victoria Street.

BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES IN EVERY TOWN.

CHALLIS'S STOP BELL, 2/~

THE BEST CELL IN USE.

THE "GrTJroE" HUB H-A-l&M3, ©/-

Rivetted and grooved, cannot come to pieces. Half-inch burner. Screw check wires, &c., &c.
Bicycles Japanned, Painted, op Nickel Plated.

CHALLIS BROS., Bushbury Works, Homerton, London, E.

THE "PIONEER"

- w mV Urn

BICYCLE.

I J. PAUSEY, University Bicycle Works,

BEDFORD ROAD, CLAPHAM, S.W.
Three Ulimites' Walk from Clanliam-road Railway Station.

The Wheel World Advertiser — November, 1881.

M. D. RUCKER, JUN., & Co.,

Letchford's Buildings, Bethnal Green, London, E.

CENTRAL PIN STEERING.

Secured with Patent Nut of which X and Y
are the plan and elevation.
Advantages — Extra Rigidity. ,
A greater and better bearing surface, and
consequently less subject to wear, ease of ad-
justment and impossibility to work loose.

NEW SECTION OF RIM.

Advantages— The Rubber is held securely
without cement, is easily turned when worn,
and is then equal to a new tyre. The rims
being stiffer make stronger wheels.

(swtndley's patent.)

*fcnoNoF

(bell's patent.)

THE "RUCKER" BICYCLE

.Is made of best possible materials, and for rigidity, strength, and appearance
cannot be surpassed. The above and other patented improvements are sup
plied, if required, without extra charge.

PRICE, for any size, bright or japanned, witli ball bear-
ings" to both wheels, iElY. Wo Extras.
Send for Price Lists with full particulars.

THE PATENT 4CLYTIE' TOURISTS' B/VG,

With entirely new and most effective fastening to backbone.

Prices.— Best quality Cowhide, 21/- ; other materials, 15/-.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE " DEVON" SAFETY.

The Wheel World Advertiser — November, 1881.

THE 'FACILE' SAFETY BIGYLCE

(BEALE & STRAW'S PATENT.)

All who are interested in
Bicycling, whether young or
old, learners or practised riders,
should send for a pamphlets
descriptive of the " Facile,"
which is believed to be the
best machine ever invented,
meeting the requirements or
all classes of riders.

The size of front wheel for
a person of average height
varies from 34m. to 42m., and
excellent work may be done
even with the smallest, with
the advantages of almost
absolute safety — great brake
power and facility for hill climb-
ing, ease of mounting and
dismounting, &c, &c.

TESTIMONIAL FROMl CUTHBERT D. VESEY, ESQ.,

( Winner of the late 50 mile Tricycle Race.)
_„. _ 11, Pbinces Steeet, Cavendish Square, W.,

Messrs. Ellis & Co. March 17, 1881.

Gentlemen,— I am pleased to inform you that I have given the 40-inch
facile a most complete trial, and am very pleased with the result. I have
ridden it nearly 200 miles of all sorts of roads, so may claim to know something
about it. On the track at Surbiton I have ridden a mile in 3 min. 28 sec, which
is a surprising speed for so small a wheel ; and with a specially built machine I
believe the time might be considerably reduced. For road work the " Facile "
is a capital machine. A speed of 10 miles an hour may be kept up, and it goes
over rough or muddy roads more easily and steadily than the ordinary bicycle,
lhere is no fear of going over the handles, so that it may be ridden over any-

rT!1^-!! °a hlU W01'k Jt is also very g°od- I have ridden botb- UP and dow"
Uak Hill, Surbiton, which I cannot do on an ordinary bicycle. I came down
this hill, which is very steep, almost at walking pace, being able to use the
brake and treading back to almost any extent. Altogether 1 am very much
pleased with the '• Facile," and think they ought to sell well during tbe coming
season- Yours very truly, CUTHBERT T>. VESEY.

From the Sporting Life, September 13th, 1881.— " The match for a 5 Guinea Cup came
off yestesday (Monday) on the main road from Hitchin to Pinchley, twenty-five miles, resulting
in a victory for the " Facile." The winner, Mr. Boothrovd, rode a 40 inch " Facile," making
very fast time as follows :— Five miles, l'8 min. 28 sec. ; ten miles, 46 min. 47 sec. ; twelve
miles and a half, or half way I Hatfield Railway Bridge), 58 min. 10 sec. ; fifteen miles, 1 hour
7 mm. m sec. ; twenty miles, 1 hour 34 min. 30 sec. ; and twenty-five miles, 1 hour 58 min. 5 sec.
The roads were heavy, and rain fell for the greater portion of the race, or the time would
have been even better." Mr. Harry Etherington acted as referee and took the times.

SOLE AGENTS:

ELLIS & Co., rLn.oomsbHua;y:st'; 165, Fleet Street, London.

(Adjoining Anderton's Hotel.)

8 The Wheel World Advertiser— November, 188]

PALMER'S

PATENT

DOUBLE BALL BEARING,

DUST

PROOF

AND

ADJUSTABLE.

Possesses in perfection every point required. Can be fitted to any-
Machine at a trifling cost.

PALMER AND CO.,

SIX WAYS, BIRMINGHAM,

PATENTEES AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE
"INTERCHANGEABLE BICYCLE.

The Wheel World Advertiser— November, 1881,

THE "ROYAL" SALVO,

STARLEY BROS,

PATENTEES & MANUFACTURERS,

FLEET v OTEEF
COVENTRY.

Lists Free 011 Application.

As Supplied to the Queen.

The Wheel World Advertiser — November, 1881.

REGISTERED

AMATEUR

BICYCLE

CABINET

REGISTERED

AMATEUR

BICYCLE

CABINET

INFRINGERS WILL BE PROSECUTE!

The whole of the work, with all the different parts done, together with

necessary tools and full instructions How tp Make a Sixteen

Guinea Bicycle, sent on receipt of Four Guineas.

(Registered),

FIVE GUINEAS.

Any Amateur, with ordinary mechanical skill, can complete these

splendid machines, which are the most popular patterns of 1880.

RUBBERS FROM 10/- EXTRA.

The extraordinary demand cannot be wondered at when for such
a small sum the whole of the set, comprising as it does over One
Hundred different Pieces of the very best Bicycle Material, is
supplied in a nearly finished state. This, too, with all the coming
improvements of 1881, and simple directions for finishing.

The "Queen" Bicycle & Tricycle Compy.

RAILWAY APPROACH, WARWICK ROAD,

Coventry.

The Wheel World Advertiser — November, 1881.

TO BICYCLISTS AND TRICYCLISTS.

Paint, Japan, A Nickel Plating Superseded.

THE MOST STARTLING NOVELTY OF THE AGE

HARRINGTON'S ENAMEL !

Which far surpasses all hitherto-used processes for the preservation and beauti-
fying of Metal Work, and is calculated to entirely supersede Nickel Plating,
Japanning, Painting, and all kinds of Varnishes and Colourings in the
coating and ornamentation of Bicycles and Tricycles.

It is far more durable and effective than anything yet invented, and

HAS A MOST EFFECTIVE APPEARANCE,
IS INTENSELY HARD.

WILL NOT CHIP, WEAR, OR SCRATCH OFF,
ENTIRELY PREVENTS RUST,

HAS A SMOOTH AND LUSTROUS SURFACE,
CAN BE DONE IN ANY COLOUR

OR COMBINATION OF COLOURS, IS

CHEAPER & MORE DURABLE THAN PLATING,
IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN PLATING,
CAN BE DONE IN A DAY,

AND WILL LAST FOR YEARS.

This wondrous invention can be applied to any Bicycle or Tricycle, and
that too without taking to pieces, and will add pounds to the value of a
machine in appearance alone, an entire Bicycle being covered for

HAVE 1 OUR NEW MACHINE FOR THIS 8EAS0N ENAMELLED 1
HAVE TOUR OLD MACHINE ENAMELLED AND MADE NEW!!

Further particulars upon application.

J. HARRINGTON & Co.,

The " Arab" Bicycle & Tricycle Works,

18 & 20, NORMALS BUILDINGS, ST, LUKE'S,

LONDON, X3.C.

The Wheel World Advertiser— November, 1881.

By Royal l#^I^M^P, Letters Patent.

Thomas Warwick,

MANUFACTURER OF

Sole Maker of WOOLLEY'S

PPBP WP jSpiMft

PRICE— No. 1, with Flexible Sides, 6s. each.

,, No. 2, with Ordinary Plain Saddle, 4s. each.

These Saddles are acknowledged by all riders who have tried them to be
the most comfortable seat yet introduced, affording great ease to the rider
when riding over rough and bad roads and long journeys. Testimonials, &c,
on application.

WARWICK'S PATENT RIMS

Are now so well known, and are so strong and durable, that all riders should
have them on their Bicycles.

'Waxgt ]k%%cxtmmt ai Jftatmals of all kitt&s aUnags in
%totk, of bmt finish ano qnaiitu,

including'

Bims, Spokes, Backbones, Hollow Forks, Hubs, Bearings,

Pedals, Springs, Lubricators, Oil Cans, Saddles

and Bags, Bells, Lamps,

And all parts finished and in the rough.

Stampings of every kind, of Best Quality.

Price Lists Free on application to the Works,

ALMA ST., ASTON NEW TOWN,

BIRMINGHAM.

The Wheel World Advertiser — November, 1881. 13

LOOK HERE II

A FIRST-CLASS BICYCLE AT A MODERATE PRICE.

WHERE CAN I GET IT ? WHY FROM

WILLIAM ANDREWS,

5, STEELHOUSE LANE, BIRMINGHAM.

The cheapest machine is not that which can be sold at the lowest price, but
a thoroughly well-built, sound machine, made to the requirements of the owner,
without unnecessary expenditure in decoration, will be cheapest and most
satisfactory to both manufacturer and buyer.

You will male a mistake if you do not send at once for a Price List and Full
Particulars to above address.

SPECIALITY :

MACHINES BUILT TO OWNER'S IDEAS.

ANDREWS' PATENT Latest Improvements in Bicycles, viz.,
NEW NECK AND PATENT PEDAL.

TS3LES "K-IISTQ- OF THE ROAX*"

And other well-known patterns of Bicycle and Tricycle Lamps.

Your name on brass plate put on lamp, gratis.

TIlC KINO'S OIL, specially prepared for burning in the "King of the Road,'

like all other new inventions, is the best in the market; 1/- per bottle.

VULCANIZED RUBBER COVERS FOR HANDLES OF BICYCLES, 3/- pec pair.

Lamplugh & Brown's Suspension Bi. and Tricycle Saddles, and Bown's

"^Eolus" Ball Bearings and Pedals
kept in stock, and supplied to the trade at makers' prices ;, also BELLS, SPANNERS,
VALISES, and all the rest of the odds and ends required by the votaries of the wheel,
supplied by

J. H, DEARLOVE,

39, ARLINGTON SQUARE, NEW NORTH ROAD, N.,

Or can be had through any Bicycle Agent in the Kingdom.

bicycleTtyres,

Wholesale, or in single sets as required. Cement from Is. 6d. per lb.
Pedal Rubber, &c.

Waterproof Bicycle Cape, in Bag, for 5/6; by Post, 6/-

WATERPROOF COLLARS, &c.

Write for Price List to the

EAST LONDON KUBBER CO.,

3, GREAT EASTERN STREET, E.C.,

14 The Wheel World Advertiser— November, 1881.

"The Cyclist

Wheel World

Annual,"

EDITED BY

This will be the most comprehensive, useful,
amusing and instructive Annual ever published.

LOOK OUT FOR IT AT CHRISTMAS ! ! !

Gentlemen desirous of contributing are requested
to furnish the Editors with the matter as soon as pos-
sible, but not later than November 15th.

PRICE ONE SHILLING.

The Wheel World Advertiser — November, 1881. 15

THE WHEEL WORLD.

CONTENTS FOB NOVEMBER.

The Sociabilities of Club Life

The Sport in Germany and Austria

A Ride for a Wife— Part III.

A Grave in the Forest . . . . . . v

Cycling Celebrities — Harry J. Swindley.

"How the Wheel World 'Wags'" ..

One Hundred Miles a Day

Western Waifs

Law Cases during the Month

Eacing Reported in October

More Tyranny (Illustration)

Mita"D. H. F."

Gravel and Cinders

Amongst the Clubs

Scraps from the South

Jottings from the Emerald Isle

Cheering Remark to a Young Rider (Illustration)

Patent Record

PAGE

. 1

. 5

13
. 15

17
. 23

24
. 25

26
. 27

28
. 28

34
. 35

-MtUtpEvP^^P^vBICYCLB.3N-

Sargent and Pelts, Makers.

FIRST CLASS LONDON MAKE.

WRITE FOR PRICE LISTS AND PARTICULARS.

WORKS :
2a, Prince of Wales Road, Kentish Town.

DEPOT :

The North London Bicycle School, 9, Brecknock Road, N.

CITY DEPOT:

17, Lawrence Lane, Cheapside, E.C.

16 The Wheel World Advertiser — November,

1881.

"NATIONAL

TRICYCLE

COMPANY
COVENTRY,

Sole Makers and Patentees

OF THE

Only Reliable and Best Make at 10 Guineas.

Only Tricycles Driving Both Wheels at 10 Guineas.

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THE SOCIABILITIES OF CLUB LIFE.

OVEMBER is the month in which commence those club
k^S| I feasts and parties which have become so general amongst
R^| bicycle clubs, and which go to prove as much as ^iy-
jyskjil thing how firmly the sport has taken root, and how great
a medium it is for binding men together and cementing friendships
apart from actual riding. There are points to which, however, it is
desirable to draw the attention of the ruling spirits of clubs. To
such large and well managed bodies as the Pickwick, the Stanley,
and some other good clubs the following remarks do not apply, as
these clubs fully realise and accept the duty of a host. But
there are clubs which, with a desire to secure a good record in num-
bers for their annual dinner, are apt to send out invitations, not, it
is true, to those to be found in the highways and byeways of wheel-
dom, but somewhat broadcast, to captains or representative members
of "other clubs." We will take for instance the fact that the club
dinner ticket costs 5s. 6d. A number of these are sent out to
" guests," and one in due' time reaches, say the captain of an old
and well recognised club, which cannot well be overlooked. This
gentleman attends. He dons a spotless shirt (6d.) ; likewise a
white tie (6d. again) ; the night, is muddy and he must cab it to
and from his station (2s.) ; he has paid his railway fare, of course
(say is.) ; and he gives 6d. to the man who guards his hat, over-
coat, or other wraps. Thus the representative captain, who came
as an invited guest, has disbursed 4s. 6d. in return for his 5s. 6d.
dinner ticket. The 4s. 6d., however, is a legitimate expense, and
one which must be faced by every man who goes into society,
whether as a private individual or as the representative of a bicycle
club. No club could be expected to offer, and no guest could
possibly accept reimbursement for such expenses. But there the
expenditure of the invited guest should stop. If he attends, as
many captains did last year, some 12 diners on behalf of his club,
he will, as we have seen, have paid 54s. for unavoidable expenses,
which is largely in excess of any club's subscription. The point,
however, to which we desire to call attention is this. Every club
which decides on giving a dinner for the first time, or as a re-
newal of an annual affair, should have before it an estimate of the-
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dine without drinking, and for a dinner a la Russe, wine is not
only a necessity for the prestige of the diners, but actually for
the benefit of their stomachs, ale not assimilating pleasantly with
a variety of mixed dishes. The clubs should make up their minds
to issue only such a number of invitations as they are prepared to
back up by the payment of wine bills. We do not mean by this
that the guests are to be asked to send in their bills, as few would be
hardy enough to do so, nor is it at" all necessary that wine should be
put on the table indiscriminately, thereby inviting waste. But
either the invited guests should all be seated together, and a proper
wine steward, i.e., a member of the club, appointed to see that
while there is no stint the Waiters do not bring up wine without
orders ; or each guest should be seated alongside a member of the
club, on behalf of the committee, who should inform him at the outset
that in the matter of wine he must consider himself the guest of the
club for the evening. The hardship of any course short of this will be
plainly seen when we revert to the 12 dinners attended by our typical
captain. At the most moderate estimate a man cannot be " wined"
at less than 5s. ; in all probability it may reach 10s., but should
never exceed this. Therefore, striking an average of 7s. 6d., we
find our typical representative captain mulct to the extent of £4
ios., in addition to his legitimate outlay of £1 14s., incurred for the
honour of representing his club. Now, to most men £y 4s. spent in
three months' dining out is rather more than they can afford, but if
the club giving the dinner, and which has only once in the year to face
the expense, makes a due calculation of the cost in advance, and
adds a trifle (say 6d. a head) on the dinner tickets, they will remove
s a heavy expense from bicycling captains, and at the same time
honourably carry out the proper laws of hospitality. Of course it
is perfectly reasonable to endeavour to get a good muster at club
dinners by selling tickets to other clubmen. They then come on a
different footing altogether, but it is on behalf of the representative
officers of representative clubs that we appeal, and we trust that
this one blemish to several very pleasant and sociable gatherings
may be removed in the dining season of 1881-2.

THE SPORT IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.

ECURE and content in the sea-girt boundaries of their
native country, and satisfied with the good roads and
pretty scenery which Great Britain affords, bicyclists for
the most part care not to roam abroad in search of
holiday amusement, and know little or nothing of their grand sport
as it flourishes on the continent of Europe. To such, a few remarks
by one who has toured somewhat extensively in Germany and
Austria, where (with France) bicycling has now become popular,
may be acceptable. Of France, I can say nothing, as I have not
ridden in the country since the re-generation of cycling there, about
a year and a half ago.

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If we dismiss Munich, the capital of Bavaria, from our considera-
tion for a moment, we may almost say that the bicycle was unknown
in central Europe until the beginning of the present year. Since
then some 20 towns have taken the sport up, 24 clubs have been
started or revived, and 465 gentlemen have become riders, while a
large number of new machines, probably not less than 300, have
been imported into the country. From this, it will be inferred that
in the countries I am specially referring to the sport is still in its
infancy, so much so, that in most districts a bicycle has never been
seen, and that even in the vicinity of towns where there is a club, so
little do the men penetrate into the country immediately surrounding
them. With the exception of Munich a bicycle is an object of great
curiosity in all the towns, and at Nuremberg, for instance, where
there is a very good club, many people told me they had never seen
one before — the same thing I heard at Prague.

It is remarkable, that although Germany is the most backward of
bicycling countries, still it boasts the oldest clubs in the world ; those
of Altona, Magdeburg, and Munich, having been founded during
1869, in the old boneshaker days. They were dormant, and almost
extinct for many years, until just lately, and never having been
dissolved, and the same gentlemen being still in them, are able now
proudly to point to their minutes and claim venerable antiquity. It
is not, I believe, known which is actually the oldest of the three.
These facts may, perhaps, prove of interest to the Pickwick B.C.
The Hampton Court Meet is, I presume, open to the world, and if
so, the P. B.C. must not be surprised one of these fine days to find
foreigners showing them the way down the chesnut avenue of Bushy
Park.

A word or two as to Munich. Bicycling here was started in
earnest some two or three years ago, and there are now" in the city
over 100 riders, members of four different clubs, one of which, the
Munich Velocipede Club, contains about 50 members. The other
three clubs, the Bavarian, Munich Union, and Radreiterheim are all
new, and contain about 18 to 20 members each. Races are held
here at frequent intervals, and attract competitors from all parts of
Germany, and the Munich V.C. can boast as a member Herr
Schwaiger, probably the second best racing man in the country. The
position taken by Munich at the head of the towns where bicycling
flourishes is occupied, with regard to individuals, by Herr T. H. S.
Walker, of Berlin, a young English gentleman, who to a keen love
of sport, and first-class riding and racing form, adds an enterprising
spirit and a real genius for organisation. He is B.T.C. consul for
Germany, captain of the Berlin B.C., promoter of the German
Bicycle Union — which is to be launched next year — and practically
amateur champion, although I believe the title is not official, and
has never been authoritatively offered to competition.

The Berlin B.C., founded February 15, 1881, has now 45 mem-
bers, captained as I have said by Mr. Walker ; Herr Freundlich is

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secretary. The entrance fee is 20s., subscription 50s., and the
uniform consists of grey coat and breeches, with blue cap and
stockings. The club colour is dark blue. Among the rules are some
excellent regulations for the conduct of the men on the road. One
of them, however, to the effect that a horse should never be passed
on both sides at once, sounds like an Irish bull, not unworthy of Sir
Boyle Roche, who could not be in two places at ones, " barrin' he
was a bird." The meaning is, however, clear. The first race meet-
ing was he^d on August 7, and was a great success, though in an
unambitious way. The second, on 28th September, was a very
important affair, and included four events, of which a four English
miles scratch race, open to the world, was won, after a most exciting
tussle, by Mr. Walker; Herr Schwaiger, of Munich, being second.
Time, 15m. is.

The Nuremberg B.C. has 12 active and two honorary members ;
entrance fee and subscription, each 12 marks. Uniform, blue
blouse or tunic, breeches and stockings, and a jockey cap. The
president is Herr C. J. Vogel; captain, Herr C. C. Vogel ; and
secretary, Herr Schoetzler. It was founded 23rd March last. The
Prague B.C., six months old, has nearly 60 members, but only 38
machines between them. The uniform consists of coat and breeches
of a dark brown material, with blue stockings and polo cap, and
silver monogram, P.V.C. on blue silk. On one occasion the club
turned out 25 members for a parade. The captain's post is vacant
at present ; the president is Herr Heinrich Cifka — a personal friend
of mine — and Herr Schultz is secretary. The Altona club, one of
the antiquities above referred to, has 22 members, captained by
Herr Feddersen. The Bernberg V.C., founded this year, numbers
50 members ; captain, Herr H. A. Flugel. It is in advance of all
the other clubs in respect of touring. An important club is the
Magdeburg (started 1869), boasting 70 members ; captain, Herr C.
Hindenberg, who has done a great deal for bicycling in Germany.
The anniversary of the club's foundation is kept as a very high
festival. The Augsburg B.C. dates from 4th January last, and has
25 men. One of the most active and pushing clubs is that of
Ingolstadt, having 42 members, and now nine months old. It owes
a debt of gratitude to its founder and captain, Herr Worl. It num-
bers in its ranks Herr Winkelhofer, a crack racing man. who only
lost the two miles scratch race at the Berlin B.C. meeting on the
28th September by one foot, from Herr Walker, after a most exci-
ting finish. Other small clubs are the Wiesbaden (eight men, no
officers, chief member Count Von Zeck — a most pleasant and
hospitable gentleman, as I can testify) ; Bremen (May, 1881, four
men) ; Breslau ; Frankfort (April 24, 1881, seven men) ;
Leipzig (June, 1881) ; Mayence (seven men) ; Dortmund (6th May,
1880, six men) ; Aidenbach (winter 1880, 12 men) ; Berlin Skating
and Bicycling Club (June 29, 1881, seven men) ; Strassburg (1st
August last, 10 men) ; Dusseldort ; and Vienna (a new, and for a

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capital, an insignificant club). At Bremen, as at several other large
towns, I was the pioneer of the sport two or three years ago, and
mine was the first machine seen by the inhabitants.

The most important event in the annals of German bicycling is
undoubtedly the congress, which took place at Frankfort on June 5
and 6, when representatives from Berlin, Altona, Crefeld, Munich,
Wiesbaden, Mayence, Darmstadt, Rotenberg, and Frankfort,
assembled to discuss various questions affecting the sport. A
provisional committee was appointed, presided over by Herr Kreyer,
of the Frankfort B.C., and after some debate it was resolved to
start a German B.U., which will be formally incorporated next
spring.

The machines most in vogue in the country are those manufac-
tured by the Howe Machine Co., a make little known among
English club men, while specimens of the well-known " Challenge,"
" Coventry Machinists','' " Rudge," and " Premier," are frequently
found. There is no bicycle manufactory in Germany, one started
at Dortmund not having succeeded.

Favoured by good roads, beautiful scenery, and a more equable
climate than that of England, bicycling has now taken firm root as
one of the sports of the German youth, and I anticipate that in a
very few years' time it will attain to such proportions as to be
regarded there, as at home here, as the national sport of the country.
Riders will go further and further afield every time they mount,
clubs will come into existence in all the towns, the small* and usually
old machines will be discarded for fair-sized roadsters of modern
manufacture, and in ten or twelve years' time England will have to
look to her laurels and bestir herself to maintain her proud position
as the first bicycling country of the world.

Charles R. Maddox, Wanderers B.C., Nuremberg B.C.

>•<

A RIDE FOR A WIFE.

By Harry J. Swindley, Hampstead B.C.
Part III.
For years a measureless ill,
For years, for ever to part,
But she, she would love me still.

— Tennyson's "Maude."

|INCE the momentous events recorded in our last chapter,
events which lived long in the memory of those who had
witnessed them, some two years have elapsed, and our
hero, after his signal victory over his dastardly friend, has
relinquished the fierce struggles of the path for the fiercer struggles
of a contest in which the means of life have to be obtained ; and
quiet spins to Nunwich and back in the clear stillness of summer

iThe average size used by a German rider is 48in.

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nights. The world in general has dealt kindly with him up to the
present, his engagement with Miss Kelly being, as far as she at
least is concerned, as close a compact as when it was signed, sealed,
and delivered by that first sweet ratification they both remember
so well. And who cannot recall such an incident, at least, once in
their career ? Let us hope we all do, or shall, ere our lives end, have
reason thereto.

When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past —
For years fleet away with the wings of the dove —

The dearest remembrance will still be the last,
Our sweetest memorial, the first kiss of love.

Ruston's business arrangements with his father, too, had been of
the most satisfactory character, and he confidently expected to be in
a position to assume command of a household before another twelve-
month had passed away, where the actual reins of government
should rest in the hands of her whom alone he thought worthy of
such a position. His father had but just lately purchased the
goodwill of a large smack-building yard, whereby his income and
his son's prospective means were greatly enhanced. A large order
for fishing boats of a peculiar- construction had been received from
a distant colony, and it became necessary that some competent
person should visit the locality, inspect the build and design of
the existing vessels, and take note of any improvement which might
be introduced into those ordered, in order to facilitate the landing of
fish through the surf, which is very heavy in that part of the world.
Mr. Ruston, senior, was for a considerable time undecided whom to
despatch upon this errand, but after mature consideration, he resolved
that Tom was the most fit person to undertake the journey.
Not only would it be to their mutual interests, but it would also be a
change for him, and one that might be of inestimable service to him
in afterlife. With the callous indifference of age to the warm affections
of youth, the old man arranged this within himself, and one after-
noon as the office was being closed, and Tom in the act of leaving
it, his soul filled with the thoughts of Alice, whom he purposed
seeing in the evening, his father requested his presence in the little
sanctum sanctorum in which he buried himself and any clients who
presented themselves.

"Tom," said his father rather uneasily, and destroying the red-ink
quill as he spoke, " you know of that order for fishing boats
from "

" Yes, father," responded our friend.

"Well," continued the pater terribilis, "we must send some-
one out there, and I think it is best that you should go ; you can have
a week to get ready, but then you must get out there as quick as
possible. We are under a heavy penalty if the order is not
completed within two years."

" This is very sudden," jerked out Tom.

" Sudden !" testily returned his father, " a young man like you
shouldn't grumble at a week's notice for such a voyage. Why,

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when I was your age I was ready to go round the world at a minute's
notice. Sudden, indeed, pshaw ! " continued the old man, en-
deavouring to convince himself' by the ardour with which he
denounced Tom's remark that the notice was not sudden — " But
will you go ? "

" Of course, you know I must go, father, in our joint interests, but
I do think you might have given roe more notice.

" Rubbish, there's a fiver for you, and you needn't return to the
office again before you start. I suppose it is that girl over at Nun-
wich that is causing you to jib."

" It is but ordinary consideration for her feelings," haughtily replied
Tom, as he left the office in a huff.

This was not the first time by many that our hero's feelings and
sentiments had been wounded — deeply wounded — by the rough,
albeit playful remarks of his father, who had actually commenced
life as a smacksman, and had by sheer shouldering, elbowing, and
a pulling down of those above him to serve as the rungs of the
ladder by which he climbed upwards, advanced himself to what was
a most creditable and leading position in the town of Barmouth.
Refined sentimentalism was to him but namby-pamby mawkishness
of character, which required to be stamped out by such remarks as
the foregoing, as fire is stamped out from a smouldering hearthrug.

Sorrowful indeed were the thoughts of Tom Ruston as he slowly
wheeled over the road, on the surface of which we first made his
acquaintance. The events of that, to him, eventful day, came back
as freshly this evening as if they had happened but on the yesterday;
and now he was to vacate his coign of vantage as regards the
man who had played, and as he sometimes was told, still continued
to play such a cowardly part towards him ; he was to leave Alice
unsupported and alone to face the parental influence which he knew
would be brought to bear upon her unceasingly on behalf of his
.enemy Haward. Here, indeed, was food for the bitterest thought.
There was no way save that of exhorting her to be steadfast and
firm to her troth, to trust him always, and to await patiently his
return, bearingbut not succumbingto the pressure which would be used
to sever her from him, nay, part them for ever. Thus he conjured her
as they stood in tfte recess formed by that natural curve of hedgerow
which we have previously noticed ; that grassy knoll whereon she was
seated when he met her after his confidential communication on the
road with Haward, and the passionate outburst by which it had been
followed. The thoughts of both had often before, when in the same
locality, leapt back across the gulf of the past to the occurrences of
that eventful day, but never with such intensity as now. Without
speech both were aware of that which formed the subject of the
thought of the other.

" Oh, Tom," tremblingly ejaculated Alice, at last finding vent for
her feelings in speech ; " this is very dreadful. It seems to me that
as in this place our engagement commenced, that here also, in this
place, the first signs of its approaching end are visible to us."

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" Alice," slowly answered her lover as he supported her grief-stricken
form in his stalwart arms, " this must not be, you must not allow
your mind to become filled with any forebodings of such a dismal
and distracting character. Whether our engagement shall have any
other end save that which, Heaven knows, I have always intended,
and which during these two past years has been the loadstar of
my existence, remains (we both being firm and steadfast in our
intentions) entirely in our own hands. But why, darling, should you
fear ? You know you can write by every mail, and the time will
seem but short if you have me in your thoughts as much as I shall
treasure your image in mine."

" But I do fear, Tom ; papa is so terribly stern, and you know
he has never entirely sanctioned our engagement ; he is always hint-
ing that I have thrown a chance away by refusing Mr. Haward and
accepting you, just as if I cared for the paltry money which that
horrid man has command of."

" I trust, sincerely, Alice mine," returned Ruston, " that before
many years have passed over our heads, my wife will hold as good
a position in the county as any lady Mr. Haward may honour by
his alliance."

" He won't honour one, Tom," quickly remarked the girl, seizing
his arm as if she would have him shield her from some lurking
danger which was invisible to him, but only too evident to her. " He
won't make an offer to any one, because he told my brother, only
the other day, that he would marry me in spite of that man Ruston,
yet ; and now, oh ! Tom, you are leaving me alone, exposed and
unsupported, to his constant attentions, aided and abetted by all the
moral force my father can bring to bear."

The contemplation! of so much misery in store for her proved
too much for the girl's fortitude, and her voice, which had hitherto
been comparatively firm, now became broken with grief, while the
large tears stole over her cheeks from those lovely blue eyes which
had gaped so wide with excitement and fear when Tom won the
championship from his cowardly opponent.

" Alice, this must not be," gravely said Tom, folding his arm
around her, while her pretty head sank to rest on his manly breast,
and her twining curls lay like sprays of Eastern gold about his neck.
'-If, before I am actually gone, these fears, which have no foundation,
seize thus firmly upon you, what can I think will be the result
should they be realised ? I can then hope for no resistance upon
your part, but shall only be able to suppose that I am given up in
obedience to your father's commands."

" Tom," faintly, yet reproachfully murmured Alice, " you are very
cruel ; why do you suppose that a sentiment, an affection which has
become almost a religion to me, can be thus quickly erased from
my memory and my heart ? No, no, Tom, indeed you do not know
me, if that is what you think."

" My darling, I do not mistrust your constancy, Heaven knows
in that I believe firmly, but I am sorry to see that the fear of your

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father has such power over you ; — but we shall have them sending
out for us if we do not get back, as I can see the dining room cur-
tains are drawn, and that you know is a sure sign that dinner is on
the table."

It was hardly a pleasant dinner-hour to our two lovers, Tom
being oppressed by the knowledge that his intended voyage must
that night be communicated to Mr. Kelly, while Alice was rendered
silent by that dread fear, that sinking of the soul and utter loneli-
ness of spirit which invariably attacks the sensitive when they are
aware of the present flitting of those who are all-in-all to them.
Poor young people ! until this auspicious evening, saving always
the half-concealed opposition of Mr. Kelly, who was sufficiently
astute to refrain from diametrically opposing the tide of his
daughter's affections, they had imagined their path to happiness
and union smooth, and totally devoid of the thickets of chance and
disappointment, which they knew bespread the tangled ways of
others less favoured by fortune.

They had, poor children that they were, in the freshness of their
youth and the inexperience of their hearts, cozened and blinded by
the very ecstasy of their own happiness, their penetration annulled
by their affection, and their understandings blunted by the depth of
their passion, imagined themselves to be encompassed by the
apparently unassailable walls of a veritable Palace of Romance,
which the events of one puny hour had, with the arch cruelty of
verity, proved itself to be but an unutterable Clay-Hamlet of Reality.
Such, however, has been, and will, till the end of time, indisputably
be the experience of those who, through the promptings of their
affections, allow for a space of time the Real to become subservient
to the Ideal. Fere lib enter homines id quod volunt credunt.

Mr. Kelly, when informed by Tom of his possible absence from
the country for two years, could not altogether hide from him his
satisfaction at the announcement ; although he wished our hero all
success in his undertaking, and a safe return, at the same time,
however, giving him most clearly to understand that the quasi-
engagement with his daughter must thenceforward be at an end,
and he must leave England, being himself, as with her, no matter
what sentimentality existed between them, materially unfettered in
his affections.

With a depth of feeling which surprised even the worldly Mr.
Kelly, Tom protested against this unnatural proceeding, showing
by every argument in his power the injustice and cruelty of such a
step, when both had been permitted to regard each other as com-
panions through life in the future, but without success.

Allowing the justice of his plea, Mr. Kelly, with the diabolical
coolness and business perspicuity men of this hardened world of
Mammon assume when literally playing with all that is sacred — is
holy — in the lives of their children, proceeded deliberately to inform
poor Tom that the union of his daughter with him had always been
against his (Mr. Kelly's) ideas of propriety ; and now, he thought,

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an opportunity had occurred which would enable them both to forget
each other.

With a bitter and a loathing scorn wreathing every curve of his
features, Tom, who could no longer contain his righteous indigna-
tion, broke forth.

" Mr. Kelly," said he, " if these thoughts have been in your mind
since I have been paying my addresses to your daughter, and, during
which time we have learnt to bear and feel towards each other that
purity of affection which ends only with life ; if, I say, during that
time you have always intended to thwart the object of those affec-
tions, I tell you now that your conduct has been mean, despicable,
and cruel, unworthy of a man, doubly unworthy of a father, and
still more to be despised when, as regards your daughter, it may
prove murderous "

" Mr. Ruston," interrupted the other, " I can make at the pre-
sent moment great allowances for the fervidity of your language,
but I must beg you to remember that you are under my roof, that
the young lady referred to is a minor, and that I am her father. You
may, however," he continued, taking a book from the shelf and
seating himself in his arm chair, as if about to commence reading ;

"you may, however, see her as usual until you leave; after then

Good night, Mr. Ruston."

"Good night, Mr. Kelly," returned Tom, seeing how hard and
inexorable this man was ; " good night, sir. The greatest harm I
can wish you is that one day you may have tp undergo the pain and
misery you have this night and henceforth laid upon me."

"Nonsense, Mr. Ruston," returned Mr. Kelly, looking up from
his book, .his hard metallic laughter appearing to reverberate and
echo in the heavy-plastered cornices, as if, like attracting like, it
clung tenaciously to what assimilated nearly to the stony breast
from which it issued ; " I shall soon think you steeped with the
morbid sentimentalism of the cheap romances. The world will
have none of such nonsense now-a-days. This will all pass off
when you have been one day at sea."

Tom's heart was too heavy to reply to such a frigid sneer, but
turning on his heel he slowly left the room. Who can wonder that
as he passed into the darkness of the outer hall, leaving the, man of
hard reality behind him, with one of John Stuart Mill's realistic
treatises before him ; who, I say, can be surprised that the lines of
that noble-spirited man (that poet of to-day and all time, who sees
the world open before him, and recoils from its things of terror and
ghastly horror as from a scorpion) should rise to his thought and
nearly find loud utterance from his lips ?

"When a Mammonite mother kills her babe for a burial fee,
And Timour -Mammon grins on a pile of children's bones,
Is it peace or war ? better, war ! loud war by land and by sea,
War with a thousand battles, and shaking a thousand thrones.

Alice, as was usual with her, accompanied Tom to the gate,
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down the road, by the light thrown from his hub lamp upon the
road before his machine, and the hedgerows at its side. But the
silence he maintained throughout their short promenade excessively
alarmed her, and despite her earnest entreaties, he seemed reluctant
to put her in possession of its cause. At last, they having arrived
at the spot where he invariably mounted, he turned suddenly and
fully confronted her, seizing her hand, the light from the lodge
windows streaming full upon his face, showing the effect the dis-
closures of the past hour had made upon him, by the ghastly pallor
of his countenance.

" Alice," he said, in tones which seemed deeply hollow and broken
by the war of feelings within, " I want you to solemnly promise me,
nay, solemnly swear that you will do as I am about to require of
you ; "

" Tom, oh ! how dreadfully ill you look ; whatever can have
happened between you and papa ? Tell me, Tom ! I am so wretched,
so miserable."

"Alice, my darling!" replied Ruston, bending down to her, "your
father has to-night told me that he intends you shall never be my
wife."

" Tom ! " almost shrieked the girl.

"Yes, it is so, Alice; but now on you, and on your constancy
alone, I must depend to cheer me and support me while I am
separated from you. I want you to promise me this : that for the
next two ensuing years you will consider yourself bound inviolably
to me ; and should I return within that time, as I most assuredly
will, you will break and rend any bonds which have been wound
about )'OU, and into which you have been forced by your father — aye,
if you are standing at the bridal altar itself when I come to you."

" Tom, what you ask of me I most solemnly promise. I swear,
by -all that I hold dear, I will fulfil to the letter if my life be spared."

"Thank you, my darling," cried Tom. " Now I shall depart with
the certainty that, on my return, I shall find my wife-elect ready to
accompany me to the altar."

"Yes, dear Tom," replied the girl, a purple blush mantling to her
very temples ; " you will find me ready — and willing," she added
roguishly.

" Good night, Tom."

" Good night, my own. To-morrow, and the next day, and the
next, until I go, we shall meet."

Once more that osculatory vibrative disturbance of the atmosphere ;
but this being merely a narratorial sketch, and not a scientific dis-
quisition, we will refrain from enquiry into the physical cause, our
province being simply the record of actual effect. 'Twas thus they
parted — one to ride 15 miles by the light of Luna's rays, along a lonely
road ; the other to retire to her little bed — not, alas ! at once to sleep,
but to sob out her sorrows until exhaustion itself produced a spurious
repose, while the gentle moonbeams, stealing softly through the pane,
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curls, as if anxious to prove their compassion by the gentleness, and
silvery whiteness, of their touch.

While innocence, exhausted by its grief, was purely sleeping, the
road by which Tom Ruston was slowly returning to his couch and
his home became the scene of a most dastardly attempt, of which our
hero was the intended victim. He had proceeded about five miles on
his homeward ride, and was passing over a common (with which
that county abounds) where the bushes of furze grow up close to the
edge of the white road, now gleaming for a mile ahead, grandly
silent in the quivering moonlight. Buried deep in his own sorrow-
ful and heart-riving thoughts, he was unable to resist the impulse to
raise his head and drink into his mind, through the agency of his
vision, the almost spiritual beauty of the scene before him. As he
did so he happened to notice the violent movement of a large clump
of furze on his right, though not a breath of wind was stirring.
Hardly had this circumstance become evident to him, when a sharp
blow vibrated up the forks, followed by the metallic clang of the
struck spokes, as a black object hurtled through them ; this was
instantly followed by the hissing noise of a strong cord passing over
the bayonet edge of the fork, the looped end of which actually curled
over Tom's right thigh, as it was drawn rapidly through the wheel by
the momentum of the iron ball to which it was attached. The
malignant purpose of this fell act at once dawned upon Ruston, as
well as the providential manner in which he had escaped, as, had the
ruffian secreted in the furze bush not lost hold of the looped end of
the cord, he must inevitably have been hurled to earth, perhaps with
the most serious consequences. By this time his usual equanimity
had returned to him, and having proceeded some few yards farther
from the scene of the attempted outrage, he looked back. With a
sickened sense of hideous ingratitude, he was almost paralysed to
observe, by the glaring whiteness, the hate-suffused countenance of
Horace Haward glaring after him in the moonlight. The idea of
pursuit, capture, and justice occurred to him, but he seemed stricken
and enervated by the one burning realisation that his life had been
attempted by the very man whose existence he had once preserved,
at such imminent risk to himself. To none did he disclose this vile
assault, feeling that punishment would surely be meted out, and that .
right early, in return for the traitorous, inhuman action of Haward.

" Use not vain repetition," saith the prophet, so we will not
attempt to describe the daily meetings which now' took place between
our lovers. The day of parting arrived, and they both, to strengthen
their resolution and their recollections, elected to part at the spot
where they had so often bidden each other a short farewell. This
was a long, long good-bye, but both were buoyed up by hopes of the
future, and the then-to-be happy consummation of their hopes.
" My brother has promised always to keep my machine in readiness,
so that I shall ride over the day — nay, the moment of my return,"
said Tom. The last farewells were spoken. To essay to describe
the scene were futile ; it is too sacred, too holy to be vulgarised by

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the attempted description of an inexperienced and unskilful pen. Her
last view of him was as he turned the angle of the road, and waved
a farewell to her over the quickset ; while, during the whole space of
his absence, the recollection of that lithe little figure, standing high
up on the* grassy knoll, waving and kissing him good-bye, her hat
removed, and the autumn breeze and sunlight sporting with her
curls, and forming a halo of gold around her shapely head, was ever
with him — stayed ever by him, alike in the day and in the night.

Annie, this voyage, by the grace of God,

Will bring fair weather yet to all of us.

Keep a clean hearth and a clear fire for me,

For I'll be back, my girl, before you know it.

(Part IV., and the last of this Story, will appear in our December
Number.)

A GRAVE IN THE FOREST.

By Joey Sawtell, Sherborne B.C.

Not e'en a sign of faintest zephyr'd breeze

Impedes the scene of solitude I crave ;
A solemn stillness penetrates the trees,

Now I return to view a darling's grave.
No marble stone reveals the secret spot,

Tho' soon a path will be a trifle worn,
For 'neath these shelt'ring boughs there lies a plot

Where oft I come to sit beside, and mourn.
No more shall he and I explore the dale,

Nor shall his bark again disperse my gloom ;
Not e'en his master's call is of avail

To rouse my spaniel from his simple tomb.
'Twas he who'd call me by a gentle bark

Ere yet the thrush commenced his joyous trill,
Then glad was I to watch the rising lark,

And with my fav'rite wander o'er the hill.
Full oft at break of sunny summer's day,

My cycle from its house I'd softly steal,
Then mounting, fairer scenes would I survey,

Whilst joyously he cantered by my wheel.

But winter's blasts succeed the summer's sun :
I doted on that dog, and mirth was rife ;

J gave my love, his in return I'd won,

And yet 'twas / who took my favourite's life !

The facts stand thus. Some months ago, when roads
Were smooth and dry, and summer had full sway,

I longed to view fresh scenes and new abodes,
And unencumbered did I yearn to stray.

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My cycle then did well assert its pow'r,

And I resolved it should afford a treat ; —
I started one bright morn, and in an hour

Felt glad that I'd adopted means so fleet.
For charmed was I at each succeeding scene

That gaily showed itself before my eyes, —
Here, sylvan dells where fairies dance between,

And there, the mountain's regal form would rise ;
The slowly flowing stream, and rustic mill,

The hills, the glens, the vales with noble trees, —
In one short week enough my mind to fill,

A thousand peaceful pictures such as these !
My sunny week on wheels too soon expired,

And I, perforce, now neared my quiet home.
What health and pleasure had I thus acquired !

What sights I had beheld whilst in my roam !
And as I neared*the old familiar lane,

That ended at my father's rustic door,
My joyous feelings could I scarce restrain,

To think of faces I should view once morel
Who knew that joy would soon, so soon dispel ?

My breath did I in vigorous shouts expend ;
My dog, delighted, heard my voice and bell,

And madly rushed to meet his dearest friend.
Deranged with real delight, he showed his zeal,

And mad with joy sufficient care did lack ;
Once did he get too near my cycle wheel, —

Oh ! heaven ! — oh ! scrunch — that wheel went o'er his
back !

I know not what exactly happened there,

Yet bending o'er his prostrate form I cried, —

He raised his head, an agonising stare,
A whine, a loving look, and then he died I

I buried him in this wood from noise apart,
And since his death I have become forlorn ;

I've grieved, — for I possess a tender heart :
'Tis thus I sit beside his grave, and mourn.

The "Humbee" Bicycle (Manueactubebs— Humbee, Maeeiott & Coopee: Wobks
— Beeston, Notts).— This celebrated machine is undeniably the fastest lightest and
strongest used on the racing path. The fastest one and two miles on record also the
greatest distance in one hour (18| miles 210 yards), have been accomplished upon them. As a
roadster the " Humber" is undeniably miles faster in a day's journey, and more durable than
any other machine manufactured. The fact that the "Humber" bicycles are now almost
exclusively ridden by all bicyclists of distinction at the Universities and throughout the
United Kingdom, is sufficient evidence of their superiority over all others. Samples are on
view at the London Depot, 78, Eichmond Road, West Brompton. Price lists and testimonials
free on application. — Advt.

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CYCLING CELEBRITIES.

No. 2. Harry J. Swindley.

But thou art fair ; and at thy birth, dear boy,
Nature and Fortune join'd to make thee great.

— " King John," Act III, Sc. 1.

ENERALLY speaking, a " Cycling Celebrity" in one
division of the sport is little known outside it. Thus, a
racing celebrity is seldom personally well-known by touring
or literary cyclists, and vice versa ; but the subject of this
month's article seems to be well-known all over " cycledom," and
there are few votaries of the wheel — either two or three wheelers-r-
who do not know, and like " Swindley."

Mr. Swindley (or " the boy," as he was dubbed by a fair actress at
the Cyclists' Dramatic Club performance) is a man of many parts,
and shines equally well in the festive, the racing, the literary, the
mechanical, and the organising portions of our sport.

To look, first of all, at his claim to the title of a festive cyclist. I
suppose that there was hardly one " social" (odious word !) last
winter given by a large club, and attended by " the boy," where he
was not called upon to recite " The Eve of the Battle of Dorking,"
by "Agonistes," and few who heard his rendering of that stirring
poem will forget the thunders of applause which always greeted the
reciter at the conclusion of his effort. At the Cyclists' Dramatic
Club performance at Blackheath, Swindley played the lover, which
was one of his happiest efforts. This is, perhaps, to be accounted for
by the fact that he took every opportunity of rehearsing, and was not
even particular to rehearse always with the same lady ; and, indeed,
such is the force of habit, that he still continues practising with every
member of the opposite sex that he can induce to enter into the
game, in case he should ever be called upon to act the lover again.
It is very pleasant to see a man take such trouble over his public
performances.

On the racing path Mr. Swindley has had rather bad luck. This
is a great pity, as he is a consistent and plucky rider, has a shot at
everything, and never grumbles at his handicap. He has, however,
won several " firsts" and " seconds" this year, and I have lately seen
him figure in final heats somewhat frequently. The fact of his not
boasting so many pots as other men of his own calibre may be
accounted lor by a remark that he once made to me, " I want to win
a good London handicap, and would rather do so than win any
amount of country pots." This will conclusively prove what scarcely
Wanted proving, viz., that he is not a pot hunter.

Mr. Swindley 's best-known literary effort is his famous article on
," The Ripley Road," which was published in the March number of
the "Wheel World." It is, to my mind, one of the most spirited
pieces of descriptive writing that I have ever read in the cycling

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press, and I trust that before long we may have another similar
article from the same pen. There are few better able than " the boy"
to write a description of Ripley, as scarcely a week passes but the
words "Harry J. Swindley," written within an elaborate flourish,
figure in the visitors' book at the Anchor. Swindley also contributes
a column of cycling notes to a local paper, under the nom de plume
of " Nemo."

Like the Editor of the "pushing penn'orth," "the boy" is
an engineer, and he has rendered our sport good service by the
invention of a new head, which is supplied with the "-Rucker"
machine. This is not the place to enter upon a dissertation as to
the merits of the patent, but the fact that a practical man like the
whilom captain of the London B.C. has taken it up, and is using it
on his machines, proves that it is a first-class invention.

As evidence of Mr. Swindley's organising capabilities, I may point
to the time when he held the office of secretary to the Kensington
B.C., and it was only when he found that his racing and other
engagements prevented his fulfilling the duties properly that he sent
in his resignation, which was accepted with sincere regret. Mr.
Swindley is a member of the Kensington, I Zingari, and Hampstead
B.C.'s, and, as a fellow-clubman of his, I may perhaps, in conclusion,
be allowed to express my opinion that he is a "jolly good fellow."

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In the Tea Room, table d'hote Dinners, from 4 to 8, at
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HOW THE WHEEL WORLD 'WAGS.'"

OLUME four, number one ! How nice and respectable
that looks on the front page of the present issue of this
magazine. And how nice and respectable look the three
bound volumes in my bookcase ; and how intensely
interesting are their contents found to be, upon a perusal of them !
Well, certainly, the little magazine started by the Amateur Champion
has developed into a really interesting monthly, and no better proof
of its sterling worth can be afforded than by comparing the amount
of its contents — which is of general interest now, as well as it was at
the time of being written — with the same proportion of weekly wheel
publications ; the result will be found to be that the " Wheel World"
is undoubtedly " not for an age, but for all time," its contents being
appropriately of a " magaziney" character, instead of merely boiled-
down newspaper. Certainly there can be no question that the third
volume shows great improvement over its predecessors — (There, Mr.
Editors, I'll take an " S. and B." the next time I meet either of you !)
But was it not a trifle rough on somebody, that reference to "juvenile
bicyclists" — " loose and meaningless expressions," eh, Messieurs
8. et N. ? There is one thing, I think, in which our subscribers
would like to see the "volume two" system returned to, which is,
the illustrations (It is our purpose to do so. — Ed.). With such an
excellent draughtsman as H. G. Banks on the staff, I think the
" Wheel World" ought to be more profusely illustrated. Wheelmen
are fond of pictures, and surely there are plenty of opportunities for
the display of our staff artist's skill, even though he does mimic our
calves so mercilessly. Take, for instance, the North London Meet
at Barnet, on the 24th ultimo, and imagine what a capital series of
caricatures might have been inspired by that aquatical gathering.
How the facile pencil of the artist could havexportrayed the cape-less,
umbrella-less, shivering wheelmen, clustering together under the
scanty shelter of the trees on Hadley Green ; what excruciatingly
funny caricatures could have been drawn after witnessing the facial
contortions of the clubmen as they stuck on the edges of their rain-
sodden saddles in mounting ; how the Acton, 'bus, ridden by
" McCullum and the Bairn," could have been made the object of
ribald jokery ; what fun could have been gleaned from a life-like
portrait of the dripping marshals, frantically waving red and while
flags in the faces of the perspiring processionists ; and what a tale
would be mutely told by a faithful representation of the kitchen at
the Old Salisbury, invaded as it was by a huge army of riders anxious
to steam away the rain from their garments by the roaring fire. Ah !
verily, Art is long, and life is too short to allow us to lose such
opportunities as these.

Nevertheless, despite the merciless rain which deluged Barnet on
the day devoted to the first Autumn Meet of North-of-the-Thames
bicycle clubs, the gathering is looked back upon with satisfaction,

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the fact of 389 men having the hardihood to ride in the procession,
out of some 600 who were present, serving as a conclusive proof of
the popularity of the fixture, which will, I presume, become an
annual one.

I hear rumours of a meeting being called 24th October — exactly
one month after the Barnet gathering — to consider the advisability
of the South London clubs holding a similar gathering, but seeing-
the lateness of the season, I expect the project will end in smoke ;
the probability of the day fixed for the South Metropolitan Meet
turning out densely foggy, as well as cold and wet, being too dreadful
to contemplate.

A similar fate, I expect, awaits the proposition of holding a mid-
night meet in the city, which strikes me as being about as ridiculous
a proposal as has ever been mooted in connection with our sport.
The reason assigned pro the idea is that " the lamps would look very
pretty, and a ride on the asphalte would feel verynice ;" iwo argu-
ments which can scarcely act very powerfully in the direction of
drawing clubmen away into the city at twelve o'clock on a November
night, when bed is the best place for everybody who is at liberty to
go to it. Therefore, the only con. I will advance to the project is the
simple classical enquiry, cut bono ? and I calculate it will take a
considerably tall rise in my salary to persuade me to represent the
" W. W." at the midnight meeting of pretty lamps on the nice
asphalte.

, Some seventy cyclists met and dined, and enthused over the Lake
Meet at Keswick, on September 22, but, as on the occasion of the
Ealing and Barnet meets, rain somewhat spoilt the proceedings out
of doors, although the presence of the evergreen Highland Charley,
who had been married the previous day, acted in its usual mercurial
fashion to make matters tolerably lively under cover, and the
cucumberlanders mean to " do it again." What a delightful part
the Lake district must be for a tour on a " Sociable," with your
.sister — or somebody else's sister — acting as off-wheeler ! No wonder
everybody who knows him has been turning green with envy at hear-
ing of " Charley's" matrimonial bliss.

Reference to a " Sociable " tricycle calls to mind the stupendous
growth of the use of these machines during the present season, un-
doubtedly traceable, to a great extent, to the splendid show made of
the three-wheelers at the last Stanley Exhibition, whilst recent per-
formances on double tricycles, such as that of "the Bairn and the
Boy on the Acton 'bus," accomplishing 59 miles in seven hours, and
of " Jarge primus et Jarge secundus'' — two lengthy Cicestrians — on
the Finchley T.C. 'bus, running 70 miles without an effort in 10
hours, shows that these convenient machines are not so very inferior
to the bicycle, in point of speed, as their apparent cumbrousness
would lead you to expect. But, although I can appreciate the
advantages of a bachelor possessing a " Sociable" in addition to a,

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bicycle, it strikes me that married men had better not invest in a
double trike, if they wish to preserve any semblance of their former
liberty. A bicycle must be, indeed, a boon to a married man of that
contemplative turn of mind which delights to commune with nature
in solitude, and who loves to let himself in with a latch-key some-"
where after midnight, and, of course, a " Sociable" trike would put
a stop, to all excuse for that. "Them's my sentiments," and any
young ladies who aspire to be Mrs. Axis may take notice that they
are not going to have a "Sociable," unless I also retain my bike
for independent riding, "when I feel so dispoged."

On second thoughts, I will modify the above ultimatum on behalf
of any unusually lovely heiress to £10, coo a year or upwards.

With the return of the silly season, the old discussion pro and con.
" socials" is revived in the wheel press, and rages with unexampled
severity. At the moment of writing this, I have attended two of
these gatherings this season ; the first was a closing-run sing-song
at a country hostelry, and the attendance of some two hundred and
fifty wheelmen thereat is pointed to by the " socialists " as a conclusive 1
proof of the popularity which the revival of smoking- concerts is
experiencing ; but considering that the evening was one of the most
gloriously moonlight ones ever experienced, and that the venue of
the gathering was very conveniently situated, I fancy the pleasure of
riding to the scene had no inconsiderable effect in swelling the num-
bers of visitors to the Anchorite's retreat. The second occasion was
the Lozenge B.C.'s initial venture, and partook more of the
character of a " social " pur et simple, being held in one of the nearer
suburbs ; about a hundred and fifty men, I should say, were packed
into a room constructed to accommodate one-third of that number,
with the natural result of superinducing sundry headaches from the
want of ventilation, and sore throats and eyes from the density of
the tobaceo-smoke-laden atmosphere. In each of these cases there
have been some good songs rendered, but the promiscuous dropping
of the aspirate on the part of men who could really sing a song
well if they paid more attention to elocution, combined with the
dismal failure of others, who only manage to strike the tune about
one semi-quaver in every half-dozen bars, makes the whole, supple-
mented by the efforts of gentlemen who sing with plums in their
throats, a performance which is scarcely as creditable as the kindly-
disposed reporters on the weekly papers would fain have us believe ;
and one cannot but pity the young men who spend so many of their
winter evenings in attending their own and other clubs' "socials,"
in the lack of any more elevating and intellectual pursuits. *

Our clubmen may thank fate that their lot is cast under the pro-
tection of "the flag that's braved a thousand years the battle and
the breeze;" had it pleased Providence to place us under the
fatherly care of the Czar of Russia, the police would have made-
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Bommy T., Dalliless, Cranks, and other "socialist" leaders to take a
little wholesome relaxation in the fertile, plains of Siberia.

I once heard of a thriving town in which five small tradesmen,
acknowledging the benefits of co-operation, clubbed their businesses
together, and formed the " County Co-operative Stores," at which
all the other tradesmen were, after the manner of their kind, highly
indignant, and protested, in no measured terms, against the action
of their rivals in doing a thing which it had never occurred to any-
one else to do before ; as might be expected, however, notwithstand-
ing the wrath of the opposition, the big concern prospered
exceedingly, much to the glee of the cluster of tradesmen who
formed it out of their respective insignificant businesses. But what
has this got to do with the wheel world, my readers will ask? Why,
not much, my unsophisticated interlocutors, except to serve as a
parable illustrating the recent action of five small clubs in the county
of Essex, which have amalgamated under the title of " Essex
Bicycle Club," and good luck to them, say I !

No well-disposed rider will have much pity for the tricyclists and
bicyclists who are being pounced down upon so energetically by the
police for riding furiously on the wood paving at the West End,
although lovers of truth for truth's sake a.lone will desire that the
active and intelligent constables could be instructed in the rudiments
of calculating the pace of bodies in motion, a science of which they
appear to be deplorably ignorant, if we are to judge by the
" fifteen miles an hour" average generally sworn to. Exaggeration
notwithstanding, it is pretty evident that the long expanse of wood
paving at the West End is infested by a hoard of inconsiderate
fellows who really do ride at an excessive speed — for the locality —
and for the credit of our sport these summonses are looked upon, at
the other end of London, at least, with equanimity, flavoured, I am
afraid, by a certain complacent feeling of satisfaction, brought on by
the reflection that the occidentalists have to suffer for the boon of
good roads, thus more evenly balancing their condition with that of
the macadam-and-tramway-cursed North, South, and East Metro-
politans.

The success of the Union in obtaining an agreement from the
railway companies, for reduced fares over some of their routes, will,
it is to be hoped, be the thin end of the wedge which, carefully and
skilfully driven home, will eventuate in a sweeping reduction of
charges all round. 'Twere well 'twere done quickly.

At last the vexed French Amateur question seems to have been
satisfactorily solved, the Union having agreed to recognise as
amateurs, all persons classed by the Union Velocipedique de France
as " amateurs of the first class," that is to say, amateurs who have,
since the date of the " Amnestie," abode by the conditions enforced
on our own amateurs. Even now, however, there may arise con-
siderable circumlocution in the future, since this agreement extends
only to the case of races held in France, so that if a French amateur

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of the first class, against whom English amateurs may race in
France, comes to this country, he may not race with the same men
without further guarantees being afforded that he really is an amateur
according to the strict letter of the English definition. " Amateurs
of the second class," according to the U.V.F. code, are professionals
pure and simple according to English ideas, and amateurs may not
race against them on either British or foreign soil. This, although
it certainly does appear to complicate the sempiternally-racing
amateur question, is really the simplest and best course which could
be pursued, and the Union is to be felicitated on the consummation
arrived at.

Yet another phase of the same burning question threatens, I
hear, to interfere with the proposed amalgamation of the Tricycling
Association and Bicycle Union, the executive of the former wishing
to retain the clause excluding tricycle makers and agents from
participation in the races for the championship. This should not be.

Liverpool and Dorchester have set the Local Centres scheme
fairly on its trial, and with the amateur champion as head-centre the
project ought to spread abroad, and be abundantly fruitful of good.
When " Jarge" makes up his mind to win a race, he does it, and
when he resolves to make a thing successful which he has in hand,
he may be relied upon to come about as near hitting the mark as
circumstances will allow of ; let us hope no more little adventures
with peripatetic scaffold-poles will imperil his safety, because, should
he succumb to such another misadventure as befel him on windy
Friday, the Union will have some little difficulty in obtaining
another versatile champion to enthuse over the provincial centres
organisation.

Abroad matters seem tolerably quiet, nothing having been heard
from France lately, . except that De Civry was welcomed, on his
return from defeating Jack Keen, with characteristic Gallic excite-
ment, and illogical adulation. But there, our own countrymen are
just as bad, since I hear, at the dinner of an obscure little mixed club
in Uxbridge, the chairman spoke of De Civry as the long-distance
champion of the world ! What would Geordie Waller say, I wonder,
if such an utterance chanced to go so far North as Byker ?

From America comes news of big booms in amateur racing, which
is finding favour all over the States, although the times do not seem
to improve— nor will they do so, I should say, until the use of
English made machines becomes more general. The race for the
amateur championship of America will have been held before this is
published, and wheel matters in that part of the world are soon to be
woke up a bit by Mr. Vesey, amateur, and Cooper and Keen, the
pro's., who will star the States, and return with stripes — of honour

; the amateur having, it is to be hoped, shown his best quality to

the Yanks, and convinced them that amateur wheelmen are capable
of better things than have hitherto been done across the pond.

22 THE WHEEL WORLD.

Before laying down my pen upon the completion of this, my sixth
monthly chronicle of passing events in the wheel world, it is my
painful duty to revert to the sudden withdrawal from our ranks of no
less than four wheelmen — id est, three bicyclists and a tricyclist.
Two of the former, and the last, met their deaths by accident, care-
lessness being at the bottom of the immediate causes. The first was
a bicyclist, who was riding an old machine with a defective brake on
the back wheel ; the second, a bicyclist, riding at night without
using due precaution, collided with a vehicle at a corner ; the third
— a member of a Metropolitan club — died from natural causes ;
whilst the last, a tricyclist, also met his death through the instru-
mentality of a defective brake, — and a striking instance of the good
feeling prevalent in wheel circles is afforded by the circumstance that,
upon its becoming known that the widow and orphans of this deceased
tricyclist had been left destitute, a handsome sum is being subscribed
by both bi. and tri-cyclists, although the objects of their sympathies
had no claim whatever on them beyond the simple fact that their
dead relative was a member of our fraternity, although not belonging
to any club, nor — as far as has been heard — holding social intercourse
with wheelmen at all. " He was one of us" is the all-powerful
appeal which serves to loosen the slender purse-strings of our cyclists,
and since an act of charity proverbially covers a multitude of sins,
this subscription serves as one of the strongest links in the chain
which shows how firmly the spirit of bon camaradie pervades our
ranks. And that this sentiment will never be imperilled by selfish
dissensions is the sincere hope of Axis.

" What's the matter with little Johnnie this morning ?" " Sure,
mam, the bye's sick ; he tumbled off wan of thim wheels without a
carriage to it." — London Figaro, 24th Sept., 1881.

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ONE HUNDRED MILES A DAY.

One hundred mile^ ! my wiry wheel,

Together we essay,
For when I feel a cyclist's zeal,
I send my well-strung steed of steel

One hundred miles a day.

We leave our lamp, and part with pouch,

Impedimenta they,
Although betimes I quit my couch,
Ere twilight turns we trip I vouch

One hundred miles a day.

O'er rural roads, through dale and down,

We wend our wonted way,
Enjoying sunny sights that crown
The tourist's toil. We troll from town

One hundred miles a day.

We spin the slopes of Surrey through,

Then into Hants', we stray,
And detour back fresh scenes to woo, —
For we outwing a league or two,

One hundred miles a day.

And we can rest for each repast,

Or sylvan sweets survey,
And gently glide from first to last
No prosy pace, but fairiy fast,

One hundred miles a day..

A limpid lubricant we use ;

No teasing traps convey,
And — safely set, springs, bolts, and screws, —
My clipper cycleship can cruise

One hundred miles a day.

'Tis but a freak, fancy or fun,

Which some delight to play, —
Start with the 'splendent summer sun,
To whisk the winsome wheel and run

One hundred miles a day.

But ped'lers of physique unfit

For sturdy strain or stay,
Who such a penal act commit
Deserve a sound kick where they sit

One hundred times a day.

Aout, B.T,C,

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That winter is rapidly approaching is strikingly apparent to all
wheelmen, by the paucity of club-runs now being carried out. The
majority of Western clubs having discontinued runs for the season,
and having done justice to the excellent catering of " mine host " at
the club suppers, are now devoting a little attention to the providing
of amusement for the members during the winter. I earnestly hope,
therefore, that this year some innovation will be instituted so as to
partially counteract the lowering influence of " socials." A social "
evening is an exceedingly good way of keeping members together
whilst the off season lasts, but I have an idea that the social,
as extensively carried out last year, must be raised to a somewhat
higher level, otherwise the general public will soon be forcibly
inclined to class bicycling amongst the lowest grade of sports. I
note that Mr. Calvert, of the Argyle B.C., has recently been venting
his opinion in the cycling press upon these " socials," and he asserts
that the reading of essays, the reciting of pieces, or, in short, a real
literary evening, is the finest way to amuse the men, and keep up
an unflagging interest in the club during the snowy months.

Mr. Calvert's idea is undoubtedly good, but the success of the pro-
gramme carried on in this manner entirely rests upon the kind of
members constituting the club, and the amount of merit which the
literary productions may possess. If there are one or two good
literary men in the club, competent to write a few exciting tales that
would be capable of making one's hair assume the appearance of a
group of poplars, the affair might possibly succeed ; but if not,
I would strongly advise clubs to refrain from attempting this literary
dodge, for, to imagine that members can comfortably listen for some
hours to a dreary essay is all a fallacy. My opinion is that the mem-
bers, with the assistance of local friends, should study for theatricals,
and give a public performance for the benefit of the local hospital,
or some other equally deserving charity of the town. These
theatricals would necessarily take some time to prepare, and the idea
of the performance being given by local men, coupled with the fact
that profits would be devoted to charitable objects, would assuredly
ensure complete success.

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Eminent men have stated again and again that " history repeats
itself." According to this mysterious theory, then, I presume that
boneshakers will eventually resume sole sway over the wheel world,
whilst the machines of the present day will consequently be cast on one
side as unfashionable and useless lumber. If this is to be the case, I
cannot refrain from fostering a hope that the existing fashion of riding
beautifully made cycles will prevail for some five score years, at
which distant period all of us will have ceased to take any interest in
the world of wheels. Possibly, at that afar-oif time, the inhabitants
of Mount Parnassus will inspire some amateur bard to break forth
with —

There's a bliss minus canker and cark—

A joy that's " consummately too,"
'Tis to ride in the light and the dark

On a carriage so pleasantly new :
For its wheels are of peacock green hue,

And it utterly rattles our boneb,
Yet we will with persistance pursue

This hobby, while muttering moans.

A certain Western club had recently started a debate as to whether
there existed any aesthetics in the town, and after four long days of
patient enquiry and painful investigation they formed a somewhat
abrupt conclusion that none were to be found. The enquiring com-
mittee came across melancholy looking (at times) girls, who wore
loose gowns, and walked down street with a sunflower, a convex
mouth, and a head all awry. But as it was subsequently discovered
these females went out with a shooting party on the 1st of Oct.,
smoked pigarettes, and had a rare lark at lunch, it was wisely agreed
that there were no real aesthetics in the neighbourhood.

Spanks, Junr.

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LAW CASES DURING THE MONTH.

Frederick Cooper, of Wolverhampton, sentenced to twelve months'

hard labour, for embezzling money sent to him for the purchase of

machines, which he advertised he could supply at 50 percent, below

/ any firm. He was not a manufacturer, but kept a small fish shop —

very fishy shop, we should say.

The police in the Kensington and Hammersmith districts have
made sundry raids, by the aid of mounted patrols, on the bicyclists
and tricyclists frequenting the wood paving in the high road. All
the men were fined for furious riding, on the most absurd evidence
as to their pace — 14 miles an hour on a tri., and such like nonsense !
The only difference was that those who came up on Paget's days
had to pay 40s., and 2s. costs, and those who were " pulled " when
Sheil was sitting had only 10s., and 2s. costs to pay ; but both
"beaks" were equally deaf to the riders' assertions of innocence, and
equally ready to receive as gospel the 14 miles an hour theory of the
police.

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RECORD OF RACING CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS
NUMBER.

15TH September. Caithness (Rifle Association). 13^ Miles Road
Race: D. Alexander (1) in 51m. 51s. ; C. F. Logan (2) ; J.
Davidson (3).

17TH September. Aberdeen (Rangers B.C.). Five Miles Scratch
Race. W. L. Philip (1) ; C. A. Preddy (2). Ten Miles Pro-
fessional Race: J. Harper (1) ; G. W. Black (2) ; T. Maclean
(3). Combination Race: G. W. Black (1).

24TH September. Stamford Bridge (No. 9 St. Paul's A. C). One
Mile Handicap : M. J. R. Dundas, 40 yds (1) ; T. W. Howard,
115 (2) ; O. Thorn, 55 (3). Time, 2m. 52gs.

24TH September. Beckenham' C.C. One Mile Handicap : B.
J. Saunders, 120 yds(i) ; G. Beeson, 95 (2) ; W. Fischer, 70 (3).
Time, 3m. 23s.

24TH September. Balham Grounds (Ixion B.C.). — One Mile
Handicap : H. Keen, 20 yds (1) ; J. Cole, 10 (2) ; C. W. Coe,
scratch (3). Time, 3m. 2o|-s.

24TH September. Newark B.C. — One Mile Handicap : Gilbert
(1). Two Miles Handicap : Wildman (1) ; Redgate (2).,

28th September. Chelmsford. — Five Miles Handicap: H.
Rushen (1) ; Green (2) ; Spalding (3).

ist October. Leicester (Belgrave Road). — One Mile Handicap:
G. R. G. Taylor, 190 yds (1) ; A. Spall, 195 (2) ; A. Fowler,
180 (3). Time, 2m. 50£s. Five Miles Professional Race :
F. Wood v. R. W. Edlin. Edlin won in 17m. 45s.
ist October. Brighton B.C. — One Mile Handicap: G. H.
Fogden, 40 yds (1) ; F. Leith, 60 (2) ; H. Hales, 75 (3). Time,
3m. I5fs. One Mile Junior Handicap : C. Wadey, scratch
(1) ; M. H. Hay, 50 yds (2); J. Philps, 55 (3). Time, 3m.
34|s. One Mile Local Handicap: F. W. Hales, 75 yds (1) ;
W. Philps, 70 (2) ; M. B. O'Reilly, 95 (3). Time, 3m. 121s.
200 Yards Slow Race: H. H. Homewood (1). Time, 8m.

ist October & 30TH September. Exeter (Polsloe Park). — One
Mile Scratch Race : R. Pitt-Nind (1). Time, 3m. i6$s. West
of England Championship fio miles) : G. B. Batten (1) ; H.
West (2) ; J. Norton (3). Time, 34m. 25^. Two Miles Boys'
^Scratch Race : S. Hodges (1) ; F. W. Jones, junr. (2) ; E. R.
Standfield (3). Time, 8m. 45s. Three Miles Ladies' Scratch
Race : G. B. Batten (1) ; G. Porter (2) ; W. A. Bayley (3).
Time, 10m. 37s. One Mile Handicap : F. Hansford, 50 yds
(1) ; J. Norton, 5 (2) ; I. G. Morgan, 80 (3). Time, 3m. lis.
Three Miles Handicap : G. B. Batten, 20 yds (1) ; J. Norton,
20 (2) ; *F. Hansford, 140 (3). Time, 9m. 28js. One Mile
Boys' Handicap : F. W. Jones, junr., scratch (1) ; E. R,
Standfield, 20 yds (2) ; W. Jones, 35 (3).

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ist October. Beckton Gaslight Co. 's C.C. — One Mile Handicap:
G. Wilton, 340 yds (ij ; T. Milne, 320 (2) ; Miller, 280 (3).

6th October. St. Ives B.C.— One Mile Handicap: H. Wads-
worth, 100 yds (1) ; W. H. Day, 50 (2) ; G. Barley,' scratch
(3). One Mile Tricycle Race : R. C. Baker (1) ; G. H. Red-
wood (2). Four Miles Race: G. Barley (1) ; W. H. Day (2) ;
H. Wadsworth (3). 100 Yards Slow Race : J. W. Knowles
(1) ; W, H. Day (2).

8th October. Stamford Bridge (Blackheath Harriers). — One
Mile Handicap : R. J. Reece, 80 yds (1) ; A. R. Bishop, 80 (2);
T. W. Howard, 105 (3). Time, 3m. i|s.

8th October. Liverpool A.C. — One Mile Novices' Handicap : F.
Evans, 70 yds (1) ; J. McDowall, 80 (2) ; T. Finney, go (3).
Time, 3m. 26s.

8th October. Tricycle Championship of Scotland. — 50 Miles
Road Ride : Laing (1), in 5h. 14m. ; Kirk (2) ; Hay (3).

15TH October. Surbiton (Civil Service B.C.). — One Mile Invita-
tion Race: C. E. Liles (1) ; H. V. Cleaver (2) ; C. D. Vesey
(3). Time, 3m.

MORE TYRANNY. . >*~

Oratok (who has an audience of car-drivers) : "Yis — an' not continb wid thavin' ou
land from us, the blay-gard Saxins are now thryin' to thave our livelihoods from us

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This department of bicycling grows, of course, small in the month
of October, and we have little of note to record.

Reilly and Cleaver have both reached scratch. This they did late
in September, but in the month of October they were again " shoved "
forward to the tune of 20 yards. The necessity of having one
handicapper for the Metropolitan district has this season been made
apparent to all thinking minds.

The " boycotting " of the L.A.C. bicycle races is steadily being
accomplished, their last race being noteworthy by the absence, with
a few exceptions, of first-class men.

MIT A "D. H. F."

UGLESS vos de hour und bidder vos mein lod, ven der
shendlemanly shdranger galled ubon me do shee me
" ubon business of der most bardiglar kind ov nadure."
" Der rabid shdrides mit which der dishgoveries ov
modern shyence vos brogressing," shay der shendlemanly shdranger,
" vos drooly ashdonishing."

"Yah," I reshbond, " I don't go roundabouds vor do gondradigt
dot fagt, mein friend."

"Already," gondinued der shendlemanly shdranger, "der iron
horse ish shnorting droohout der lengt und breadt ov der shivilised
globe. Der shdage-goach has dishabbeared, der rail has gongkered
id. But der rail has ids drawbags — you gannot alvays have id ven
you vand it. You cannot geeb a shdeam-engine logomotive alvays
jained oop in der bagyard."

I admidded dot dot alsho vos an ingondroverdible fagt.

"Und vhy?" asgd de shendlemanly shdranger, " begauze der
dime ish nod nbe vor sho shdardling an innovation. Bending the
arrival ov dot habby millennium, ve ovver der negsht besht ding do
id in der vay ov bleasant und shbeedy logo-motion. Our shbiders
ad fifdeen boundsh eedge — "

" Fifteen bounds vor a shbider !" I eggsglaimed mit horror shdrug
in mein voice, " Vhy ve god aboud a million in der kidgen, und

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you gan have der whole nesht vor aideen pence, halve gash und a
bill ad dree monts vor der balance."

Der shendlemarily shdranger larvt himshelv indo a fit ov berblexity.

" You don't gvide gombrehend," he shay, " ven I shaid shbiders,
I meant our new shbider buysiggles. Ve have shbiders, invincibles,
und der famous D. H. F. buysiggle."

I dell him dot I don't got no idea ov being dired ov mein life
yoosht yet avhiles, und dot derevore I don't dry any eggshberimen-
dal sovisides mit der besht und jeebest shbider dot ever shbun a ned.

But der shendlemanly shdranger wouldn't be pood ov sho easily.
He delaided ubon der beaudies ov his buysiggles, und in aboud less
dan a quarder or dwendy minudes ov dime, he gonvinced me dot any
man who dragged on a miserable eggshistence mitout bossessing
eider a shbider, an invincible, or a D. H. F. vos a dishgrace to our
gommon humanity. Der oppshod ov id all, vos dot I give him an
order vor a D. H. F. to be delivered der negsht day, ven de shendle-
manlv shdranger vos do goome und show me how do manibulaid
der viery undaimed snheed.

Bungdually der buysiggle und der shdranger goom do mein blace.

" You shee," he remarged, daiging hold of der D. H. F., " dere
vos no divigulty aboud id."

Den mit a bolide bow do mein frau who vos looging on, he blaced
his food ubon der shdeb, and gracevully bounding on der machine
vOs rapidly gliding aboud der shdreet in less dan no dimes.

" You dink I gan manage dot yoosht as easy as you do ?" I asged.

"Yoosht as easy," he reblied, sho I baid der money und der
shendlemanly shdranger doog his debardure.

" Grishdina," I shay do mein frau, " I dinks I bid mein nadive
land good nighd, und go oop in der air on tob ov der vront vheel ov
derD. H.F."

" Nein Hans," she answer, "I dinkles you bedder bostbone it
undil do-morrow, und go ged your life in shured dish arternoon. Id
vould be a grade gonsholation do you, do know dot I was veil bro-
vided vor ven you vos in anoder and a bedder vorld, vhere der buy-
siggles seized vrom droubling, und old shdoobid vooden-headed
Dudgemen vos ad resht."

" Grishdina," I shay, "you vos a vool."

"Hans," she redorded, "in about fifdeen minudes you vos a
gorbse."

I dreed her remarg mit silent gondemt, und T vortivy mein gurridge
mit shome schnabbs, und go oud indo der shdreed do daggle der
D. H. F. Id sheend very easy to der shendlemanly shdranger, bud
when I dry do ged oop, I dink dere vos a shgrew loose in der machine
or in me. Shoon ash I pood von vood on der shdeb, und drag der
oder vrom der ground do jug id over der sead, der vront vheel durns
quigly round, shams der handle indo mein shdomaig, knog me
down on der hard road-meddle, und vail down on tob ov me.

" Shdrange," I shay ven I eggshdrigaid meinshelv und big der

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bieces ov blue-shdones ond ov mein shgin, " der D.H.F. don't do
dot do der shendlemanly shdranger."

A growd vos beginning to gollegt in der shdreed, und taig as
mooch inderesht in mein movementch ash iv I vos a Royal Brince
ubon a visit to der golony.

" Vy don't you ged a steb-ladder," remargd von sinishder-looging
individual in the growd, " sho's you gan ged oop ? Und shbread
shome shyant cement on der sidding-doun bard ov your bandaloons
do geeb you dere ven you ged oop !"

Der growd den gommenced to larve and jy-ike me, bud I don't
mind. I yoosht dell dem dot id vould be a agdin a more grisdian
bard vor shome ov dem do give me a leg oop. Hartly had I uddered
der vords dan I vos seized by a tousand villing hands und hoisded
oop on do der dob ov der D. H. F., und shoved oud indo der vide
vide vorld mit a shbeed dot dook mein breat avay. Der D. H. F.
had bolted, und I vos gareering droo shbace at der raid ov aboud a
hoondred miles an hour, mit a shgreaming growd ov der unembloyed
publig jasing me. Dam O'Shander, der eminent Shgodge Mazebba,
vos a vool do me, ash I shbed on like I vos der modern Iggshion
bound do be broagen mit der vheel.

I gan't shdob meinshelv. I dry do bull oop der D. H. F. mit der
handles, bnt dey don't' vurg broberly, and I lose all der condrol ov
der runavay vheels und ov mein own shelv-bo'ssession. I shee a 'bus
vull ov bassengers ahead in der dishdance. I gall oud do der driver.
I beseedge him do ged oud ov der vay und keeb his own shide ov
der road, iv he don't vant do be vorwarded in divverent sized
shplinters into kingdom-godm. Der 'bus-driver heeds me nod, und
I realise der faght dot a gollision vos inevidable. I have yoosht
dime do shut mein eyes und ovver a brayer vor der rebose ov der
doomed 'bus bassengers, when Himmel ! dere vos a shlab-bang
grash ov an eartqvaig, and all der shdars in der virmament game
oud und danced a vancy ball bevore mein eyes, and den I lose der
regollegtion ov der gonsciousness ov mein senses.

Ven I goom do mein shgaddered senses, I vos in mein bed mit a
blangket ov lint und a vide gab ov shdigging-blashter on, und vos
an hoshbidal gashualty vard on mein own hoog. Dey dells me dot
I loog siggly, and I feel buysiggly. Der dogtor shay I vill be aboud
in sigs veegs.

" Hans," shay mein frau, " do you know vot der dogtor says der
ledders D. H. F. shdand vor ?"

" Nein," I rebly.

" Veil dey vos the initials ov Dam Hold Fool."

I groan mit remorse and bain, bud I shay nodings.

Yours, mit a seddled gonvigtion dot mein old vooman got hold
ov der ride initials dish times, Hans Schwartz.

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Copland, of the grin, and formerly of the Surrey B.C., has just
made the quickest time on record for Australia, viz., 7m. 12s. for
two miles on the military road, North Shore, Sydney.

At home J. R. Hamilton, jun., has been trying his hand at a 50
miles road ride, covering the distance in 4I1. 29m. 35s. without a
dismount.

The Belsize, one of the best managed clubs in London, start their
first musical evening of this season at the Town Hall, Kilburn, on
the 16th November.

The Brixton Ramblers are to be strong in the musical line this
month, as on the 3rd they have a " smoker" at the Antelope, and
on the 1 6th, a swell concert at the Brixton Hall, Acre Lane.

To combine business with pleasure is always a luxury, and we
have it on the authority of the hon. sec. of the Chiswick B.C., that
" Hillier & Co." are occasionally to be found at the Anchor, Ripley.'
In the " house," we presume, not in the back premises.

The City of London have wisely determined to engage a pro-
fessional pianist for the socials (which are crowded affairs, we can
assure you) this season.

The Stars have been on the " shoot " this last month, and are
now located at the Farleigh Hotel, Amhurst Road, Stoke Newington.

The Temple B.C. have been well looked after at the Dog and Fox,
Wimbledon, by Mr. Summers, the landlord. May he enjoy many
of 'em is the wish of all good cyclists.

An inter-club run took place between London, as represented by
two London clubmen (the hon. sees. Of the Kent and Wanderers),
and the Nuremberg B.C., last month, and also another with the
Prague B.C.

Some of the Essex clubs located in Chelmsford and other Wessex
towns, objected to two small clubs, near London amalgamating
under the title of the " Essex B.C.," but three other clubs having
joined forces, the opposition to the new Essex B.C. has been with-
drawn.

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"Hi ! govnor, are you working overtime ?" This to a bicycle rider
at night. " How long 'ave yer got ?" This to two double tricyclists
doing treadmill work against wind and mud. " Which would yer
rather 'ave, that or 'ard work P" This to a tricyclist toiling uphill.
These are sallies of cockney wit, which have been heard this month
amongst the clubs.

The " Jacko United B.C." is the last addition to the wheel world,
and we may add, to eccentric nomenclature. "Jacko " is the accepted
nickname for monkey, all the world over.

Mr. Ball is very appropriately the treasurer of the iEolus B.C.

The Diamonds have, it would appear, a peer for hon. sec, or at
the very least a Lord Mayor, as he always signs himself " De Rose,"
without any christian name prefixed; a distinction only practised in
England by peers and Lord Mayors.

How long has Hieland Charlie been a Devonshire man ? We see
a contemporary, in an account of the Lake meet, calls him " Mr.
C. B. Wilson, of Teignmouth." It is true Teignmouth and Tyne-
mouth are both pronounced " Tinmouth," but there the resemblance
ends.

Whether a club is to have a social gathering at all ; whether that
" social " is to be a musical one; or whether it is to be an intellectual
treat in the shape of Mr. B. Ball Baring arguing on his favourite
mode of preventing friction ; or a "well-known professional" reading
Shakespeare, has been the exciting cl,ub topic of the month. The
comic singers have the lead up to now.

Clubs are looking up subscriptions for Mrs. O'Brien, who was so
suddenly and unfortunately left a widow, when her husband broke
his neck by the upsetting of an old-fashioned, narrow, back-to-back
double tri., near Saffron Waldon. W. Pye-English, of "Whitehall
House, Lower Tottenham, is hon. treasurer of the fund.

What is- an " Eton cyclist ?" as a writer in re the new Essex B.C.
signs himself. We know most of the men who ride down to Ripley
on Sunday become " eating cyclists " before they have been there
long, but what connection there is between " Eton" and " Cyclist"
we cannot see, we confess.

The Ross Cycling Club, which last year could boast of only half-
a-dozen members, now numbers sixteen, and promises to be further
increased next year, brought the season to a close by a supper at
the George Hotel, on Friday, October 14th, in connection with the
Young Men's Club, whose rooms are jointly occupied by both clubs.
A capital spread was^ provided, and a merry evening spent. Among
numerous other toasts, " Success to the Ross Cycling Club" was
ably responded to by the captain, Mr. J. H. Bussell.

Every Touring Cyclist should possess a copy of " The Tourists' Map of Great Britain "*—
mounted on cloth, in cloth case— shows every village, with main roads and routes marked
out. Worth 5s. ■; post free, Is. 2d.— Harry Etherington, 152, Fleet Street, E.C.

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CRAF>2 FgOMTHE
OVTH. ~~ ~

Oh, carry me out to die ! ! I have incurred the displeasure of the
E.B.C. Somebody is going to write to the "W. W." and get me the
sack.

" And why is this thus?" as saith the poet. Well, it is "-thusly:" I
am supposed to be the plaintiff in a certain recent law case, or else an
intimate friend of his, but oh ! most revered Captain, I am neither —
and our editors will endorse what I say. — [We do. — Ed. "W. W."]

Touching the said law case, Flatman (alias " ye horned one") sued
Lewis (alias " Crocky ") for damages. Particulars of this matter I sent
you last month. Of course he put the claim at an amount he knew
he wouldn't get, to allow for various " knockings off," I suppose;
anyhow, Flatman obtained a verdict to the tune of 35/4, about half
his claim — costs added.

So far, so good, but coming to look at the whole thing, was it ad-
visable or necessary to go to law at all ? Why not have referred it
to the committee of the E.B.C. as arbitrators ? I am sure our solid
old captain would have sunk his relationship, and have gone in for
the justice of the thing. How much dissension and ill-feeling this
would have saved, whereas now, one cannot wonder at the one-sided
view adopted by many prominent members of the club, nor, indeed,
at the very questionable proceeding of " going round with the hat "
for " the defeated one," to express, as they say — their dissatisfactino
at the decision of the judge, and the matter that has crept into the
bicycling press (my humble .remarks, I suppose?).

If our somewhat prejudiced friends will look fairly at the matter,
they cannot but see that Judge Martineau had no alternative, seeing
the nature of the evidence laid before him; nobody knows better than
these very men how truly just and impartial the judge above-named
is. If they felt their man wronged, why not have defended him
properly ? not wait till all is over, and then " cry over spilt milk."
I will, however, for one, record my objection to this law business as
-a whole, but I am afraid Flatman was met in no conciliatory spirit
(mind, this is purely conjectural on my part), therefore felt edged on
by a little indiscreet temper perhaps, to bring matters to a head.

The E.B.C, I am told, wrote to the B.U. asking for a Danger
Board for the highly dangerous Cemetery Hill. The extraordinary

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reply came to hand, "the Eastbourne Burial Board were afraid that
if people were driving here and saw it, they would turn back " — dear
me! ! then by this rule, a man going from Brighton to Eastbourne, on
coming to this hill (about i mile from centre of the town) would
turn round and go home again — or, a man going to Tunbridge
Wells from London, on reaching River Hill, would go back ; but in
the latter case they never do — why should they in the former? No,
this won't do, either there is some misunderstanding all round, or I
am misinformed.

A splendid E.B.C. run on the 20th Sept. to Normanhurst. Ten men
turned up. The weather glorious. Joined at Hailsham by Mr.
Moore, of the Nooze. They seemed thoroughly to enjoy the wonders
of the domains of our " Fust Lord " of the Admiralty, and also a tea
consisting of plain tea and eggs, at the Bull, Boreham— till they had
to pay for it, then there was much growling.

The Boreham Bull charged 2/- a head (evidently not B.T.C.), and
Captain Adams says it will be a long time before they " bore 'em "
again,. unless eggs are laid at a lower price.

Another " moonlight " to Brighton Theatre.

The Berwick run down for the 28th (Sept.) didn't come off. Pole-
gate seemed far enough.

I say, is it customary for " Facile " riders to wear garters ? It isn 't
down our way.

I have been trying to work out Jarge's problem in The Cyclist for Oct.
5th, but at present I can't get any further than a 30m. wheel, being
thrown 3m. at a 6oin., would probably propel it 6in., providing
there be no obstruction, that is to say, nobody in the way. Should
this be the case, a man I2in. high would be multiplied to equal 6oin.
high ; he being geared up to a 46m. wheel, would be expected to
perform up hill (probably Muswell) or in the mud. Is not this so ?
Whether it is or not, I'm hanged if I know ; perhaps someone will
explain to your somewhat muddled correspondent

Beachey Head.

JOTTINGS FROM THE EMERALD ISLE.

Dungannon (Co. Wexford) Athletic Sports, 27th September. —
Three Miles Handicap (Open) : E. Wardell, 50 yds (1) ; E. Bolger,
scratch (2) ; J. Hayes, 60 (3). Won by about half a mile.

The Fifty Miles Road Championship of Ireland, 24th September.
— R. Hassard (1) ; A. M. Toomey, ex-champion (2) ; R. Berry (3) ;
seven competed. Time, 3I1. 47m. 15s. Last year's time, 3I1. 58m.
20s. As might be expected from the lateness in the season, the
roads were anything but favourable for the above, however, the time,
3I1. 47m. 15s., was good, and showed that if the roads were a
little drier far better time than previous years would be the result.
How the competitors were able to steer clear of the stones which
were profusely scattered about on the high road is a mystery. Berry,

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unfortunately, come a cropper over them, doing no harm, however,
beyond a slight cut on his arm. When Hassard passed the winning
post he certainly looked the usual, " as fresh as when he started,"
so much so, that a youth beside me remarked, that " his" (Has-
sard's) " bicycle was more tyred than he himself."

I believe that it is the intention of the Irish Champion Bicycle
Club to institute challenge cupsfor racing next year ; this is proposed
with a view to producing more spirited competition. Some reforma-
tion as regards bicycle racing in Dublin is urgently needed, and I
am inclined to think that this is a move in the right direction.

The annual general meeting of the Eglinton B.C. was held on
the 14th ult. The election of officers resulted as follows : — Jas.
Hinchy, captain ; J. O'Flynn, hon. sec. ; J. H. Mellor, hon. treas. ;
A. Jordan, sub-capt. ; Jas. Mooney, bugler; committee, E. Hayden,
L. Hamilton, G. Sinclair, and E. Sanderson. The dinner takes
place early this month.

CHEERING REMARK TO A YOUNG RIDER.
Paddy (to beginner, who is "all over the shop") : " Arrah! me honey, an' won't she
go aisy thin ? Sure it's meself that'll be afther givin' her a touch up wid the saft ind
av me shillelagh."

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PATENT RECORD.

[Compiled, by Hart and Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, B.C.]

APPLICATIONS FOR LETTERS PATENT.

3994. — H. P. Lawrence and H. Stokes, Birmingham. Lubricators, particularly

applicable to the bearings of bicycles, &c. 16th Sept., 1881.
3998.— G. Renton, Sheffield. Handles for bicycles, &c. (Com. Spec) 16th

Sept., 1881.
4051. — E. R. Settle, Coventry. Driving mechanism for velocipedes. 20th

Sept., 1881.
4091. — J. Adams, Camberwell. Tricycles, and the mode of steering the same.

22nd Sept., 1881.
4106.— J. E. Leeson, Oldham. Lamps for bicycles, &c. 23rd Sept., 1881.
4121. — T. E. Heath, junr., Penarth. Apparatus for driving bicycles and other

velocipedes. 24th Sept., 1881.
4167. — J. F. Walters, Bayswater. Bicycle springs and saddle combined. 27th

Sept., 1881.
4264. — G. Schulz and W. Harrison, Manchester. Tricycles, &c. 1st Oct.,

1881.
4302.— J. E. Surridge, Windlesham. Bicycles. 4th Oct., 1881.
4317. — T. Warwick, Aston. Bicycles, tricycles, and other velocipedes. 4th

Oct., 1881.
4319. — J. A. Lamplugh, Birmingham. Bicycles. 4th Oct., 1881.
4364.— A. Phillips, Birmingham. Velocipedes. 7th Oct., 1881.
4385. — J. S. Edge, Birmingham. Bicycles, tricycles, and other velocipedes.

8th Oct., 1881.
4430.— T. T. Harrison, Bristol. Bicycles. 11th Oct., 1881.
4434. — A. M. Clark, Chancery Lane. Tricycles (com. by S. N. Silver and C. E.

Page, Maine, U.S.A.). 11th Oct., 1881.

NOTICES TO PROCEED

Have been given by the following applicants on the dates named : —

16th Sept., 1881.— 2680. L. H. Pearce, Hammersmith. Monooycles. 18th

June, 1881.
20th Sept., 1881.— 2202. E. Marshall, Birmingham. Bicycles, tricycles, and

other velocipedes. 19th May, 1881.
20th Sept., 1881.— 2258. H.'J. Haddon, Strand. Tricycles (com. by J. A.

McKenzie, Galesbury, U.S.A.) 24th May, 1881.
23^d Sept., 1881.— 3805. J. Humpage, Bristol. Velocipedes. 1st Sept., 1881.
30th Sept., 1881. — 3016. G. L. O. Davidson, Hanover Square. Velocipedes.

9th July, 1881.
30th Sept., 1881.— 3043. G. J. T. Barrett, Gray's Inn Square. Bicycles and

tricycles, and method of converting bicycles into tricycles. 12th July,

1881.
7th Oct., 1881. — 2411. J. Aylward, Birmingham. Apparatus for transmitting

motive power, applicable to velocipedes. 1st June, 1881.
11th Oct., 1881. — 2565. E. J. Lewis, Reading. Tricycles and other velocipedes.

13th June, 1881.

PATENTS SEALED.

Tbe following Letters Patent passed the Great Seal on the dates named : —

30th Sept., 1881. — 1712.' E. S. Ritchie, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Odometer for

indicating the number of revolutions of a wheel, applicable to bicycles,

&c. 20th April, 1881.
4th Oct., 1881.— 533. W. Mickelwright, Shepherd's Bush, and A. G. Gladwyn,

Hammersmith. Bicycles, tricycles, &c. 8th Feb., 1881.
4th Oct., 1881. — 1864. J. E. Hatch, Camberwell. Velocipede or monocycle. ,

29th April, 1881.
11th Oct., 1881. — 1799. G. Burt, Birmingham. Lamps for bicycles and other

velocipedes. 26th April, 1881.

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14th Oct., 1881.— 1692. W. Thompson, Hackney, and A. Morten, Harlesden.
Registering the distance travelled by any wheeled conveyance.
19th April, 1881.

14th Oct., 1881.— 1860. J. Harrington, St. Luke's. Tricycles and other
velocipedes. 29th April, 1881.

14th Oct., 1881.— 1871. A. G. Meeze, Redhill, and N. Salamon, Holborn
Viaduct. Construction of velocipedes. 30th April, 1881.

14th Oct., 1881.— 2161. — A. Burdess, Coventry. Driving mechanism for tricycles.
ISth May, 1881.

PATENTS VOID
Through the non-payment of the £50 Stamp Duty.

3512. — J. Harrington, Ryde. Alarm apparatus for bicycles, &c. 5th Sept., 1878.

3749. — W. H. J. Grout, Stoke Newington. Bicycles, tricycles, and other
velocipedes. 21st Sept., 1878.

3827:— B. A. Joule, Sale. Construction of tricycles. 28th Sept., 1878.

3858. — R. Harrington, Wolverhampton. Velocipedes. 1st Oct., 1878.

3901.— A. H. Lee, Cambridge. Bicycle stands. 3rd Oct., 1878.

3943. — J. W. Hill, Bedford. Obtaining motive power for use in driving
velocipedes, &o. 8th Oct., 1878.

ABRIDGMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS

Published during the month ending 15th October, 1881. Prepared by

Hart & Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C.

512. J. White, Coventry ; and G. Davies, Manchester. Bicycles, tricycles, etc.
This relates : — (1). To the spring which supports the saddle in bicycles
and tricycles, and interposes a thick bush of india-rubber between the
spring and its bearing at each end, whereby all metallic concussion is
prevented. (2). To a noiseless clutch arrangement for the driving
wheels both of bicycles and tricycles. The driving wheel is mounted
loose on the axle, and inside the hub is a circular recess. A disc, or
plate, is keyed fast on the axle, having on its outer edge four curved
inclined planes; and between the disc and the recess, are four steel rollers
of such a size that when the axle is turned forwards, the rollers run
up the inclines and become wedged between them and the inner surface
of the recess, and thus the wheel is locked fast on the axle. When it is
required to throw the wheel loose, the cranks are prevented from
revolving, and the rollers run down the inclines and the wheel is free.
To check the excessive speed of the machine when going down hill,
a direct acting brake is employed. (3). To an arrangement for throw-
ing only one wheel loose, instead of both in tricycles with two driving
wheels fitted with the above clutch, when rounding a sharp curve.
To the spindle of the steering handle is fixed a grooved cam,in the groove of
which run three rollers ; one of these is connected by levers to the
steering wheel, and the other two in the same manner to the two
clutches of the driving wheels. The groove in the cam is so formed
that when the handle is turned to the right to act on the steering wheel,
the same movement throws the right wheel loose, keeping the left
wheel fast, and vice versa. 7th Feb., 1881. Price, 6d.

671. Ai Kirby. Bedford. Velocipedes, etc. This applies the " Sun and Planet "
motion to the driving gear of velocipedes. The " Sun " wheels are
fitted to the driving wheel axle, and the "Planet " wheels to the axes
of the treadle pins which are carried on bearings at the outer ends of
the cranks. The driving wheel axle is hollow, and the crank axle
revolves inside of it in the case of bicycles. The " Planet " wheel
may be attached to a lever, connecting rod, or vibrating bar, instead of
the treadle axis. 16th Feb., 1881. Price, 6d.
.729 G. G. M. Vernum, Birmingham. Bicycles, tricycles, etc. .Those bear-
ings which have spherical antifriction rollers are adjusted by means of
a screw cap which is usually turned by hand ; this invention has a
tangent screw taking into teeth on the edge of the screw cap. The
tangent screw is turned by a milled head, and the adjustment is there*

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fore made with the greatest nicety. The driving wheels are mounted
loose on their axes, the hub of the wheel having on its periphery a
ring-like flange. Parallel to the hub is a toothed wheel also free on
the axis, which has an elliptical central cam, on the cylindrical base of
, which ,a rectangular frame turns freely. In this frame are two sliding
bolts which are pressed inwards by springs ; the cam is between
the inner ends of these bolts. When the shortest diameter
of the cam is in line with the axis of the bolts, these are in
their withdrawn position, but when the cam is turned, it forces the
bolts outwards, and they bear against the inner side of the flange
and lock the driving wheel with the toothed wheel. Thus, when the
crank shaft is pressed by the foot of the rider, the cam is turned
through a small angle, the bolts are pressed outwards, and the driving
wheels are locked ; but when the pressure is removed from the crank
shaft the wheels are immediately free. 19th Feb., 1881. Price, 6d.
638. J. H. Palmer, Aston-juxta-Birmingham. Bicycles, etc. This relates : —
(1). To a compound spring movement to secure freedom from con-
cussion. The backward sliding spring is jointed to the framework of
the vehicle at its fore end, and is allowed to play freely at its rear end
in a suitable holder. The forward sliding spring is jointed at its rear
end upon the backward sliding spring, and allowed to play freely at its
fore end. (2). To the prevention of the vibration of the handle or
steering bar. The handles are secured to a bar, jointed at its lower end to
the framework of the vehicle, and allowed to oscillate at its upper end to
which the handles are secured. Springs regulate the amount of oscil-
lation allowed. (3). To the prevention of the vibration from the
trailing wheel being communicated to the framework of the vehicle.
The support carrying the wheel is jointed to the framework, instead of
being of one piece, the amount of play being regulated by springs. (4).
To the allowing of vehicles having three or more wheels which do not
run in the same track, to turn in short curves without danger of falling
over. To the back of the framework are attached two arms resting
upon the front of the framework, the ends of these arms being bent
to a suitable angle. By turning the part of the framework on which
the other part rests, the part resting thereon, because of the bent arms'
is tilted out of the perpendicular and takes a leaning position, thereby
enabling the machine to move in a small circle without danger of fall-
ing over. 15th Feb., 1881. Price, 6d.

668. H. J. Swindley, Kensington. Bicycles, etc. To give greater firmnesl
and rigidity a central pin steering is arranged in the head. The head
and the neck of the backbone are bored right through, and a cenlras
pin passes through them which screws into a cup fitted in the lower
part of the head. The lower part of the neck has a coned or grooved
surface to fit into a corresponding cone or groove on the upper part of the
cup. The pin is coned where it takes the upper part of the neck,
which is formed to fit the cone. When the pin is screwed down into
the cup, this coned shoulder forces the neck into the cone or groove
on the upper part of the cup. There is therefore a bearing formed on
the top and bottom of the neck, and on the pin which passes through
the neck. This therefore gives the increased firmness and rigidity,
while at the same time the friction is diminished by reason of the
larger bearing surface. To clamp this central pin the top of the head
is coned and a split coned nut is screwed down on the top of the pin
until the coned surfaces cause the nut to grip the pin tight and lock it.
The step is made adjustable in the following manner: — A strip of
metal with horizontal slot is secured to the backbone. The step is
made with a deep shoulder, on the inside of which is a vertical groove
to fit this strip. A clamp, at the ends of which are slotted holes, goes
round the backbone, and a tapered pin passes through these holes and

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through a corresponding hole in the shoulder of the step. This pin
takes one of the horizontal slots in t lie strip on the backbone, and a
fu aU •tlie en<* of tiie P*n beinS screwed tigbtly up, secures the step in
the desired position. It can therefore be adjusted at the required height
from the ground. 16th Feb. 1831. Price, 6d.

uZ' A,fh' Southsea- Bicycles. The springs used for the saddle are the
bow spring; but the lower half of the spring is made of an H
iorm, that is a cross bar connects the two side bars which serve as the
springs. The cross bar of the H is bent to lay on the backbone to
wincn it is attached. The springs therefore can be longer, and greater
ease in riding will be secured. A rack-and-pinion working in centre in
tront of the head of the bicycle is used for applying pressure to the
brake. On the handles being turned, the rack is pressed downwards
by the pinion, and the pressure is transmitted through a spiral spring
below the rack on to the spoon or roller brake, which thus acts gradually.
A lever bolt, worked by a spring on the handle, is used as a catch on a
side rack of the rack bar, to prevent the pressure coming off the brake
until desired. 22nd Feb., 1881, Price, 6d.

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o f arroetift «7?,?T Fd to be the safest' speediest, and best corrective for indigestion ; loss
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^^ties^staengthen the system, and give muscular tone.

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"The whole machine is finely finished, and a splendid Roadster, reliutle,
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"A thoroughly strong and trustworthy machine."— Bicycles and Tricycles
of the year 1879-80.

THE "BERKSHIRE."

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"The cheap, yet trustworthy steed, is the 'Berkshire.'"— Wheel World,
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SPECIALITY FOR THE SEASON 1881.

THE "PILOT" BICYCLE,

A high-class and highly finished machine, of a different pattern from the
" London and Timberlake," Ball Bearings to both wheels, broad hollow front
and back forks, bent handles, new spring with forward play and rubber bearings,
&c, &c.

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS, &c,

PUBLISHED BY

HARRY ETHERINGTON, 152, FLEET STREET, E.C.

SPORTING.

The Sporting Mirror. An illustrated high-class Magazine, giving life-like portraits
of four Celebrities each month, with biographies. Contains articles from best and most
able pens. Reflections of the Month, Sporting Chronology, Diary for the Month, The
Drama, Turf Doings, Athletics, Bicycling, Cricket, Football, Shooting, Aquatics, Yachting,
&c. Edited bv " Diomed." Size, Demy 8vo., 50 pages, four full-paged plates, and coloured
wrapper. Sixpence monthly, post-free, 7d. Annual Subscription, 7s., post-free. The
Sportsman says: "An excellent Magazine. Portraits beautifully executed," &c. The
Irish Times says : " Promises to be the most interesting of the monthlies. Most useful
features. An admirable summary. Excellent illustrations of prominent sportsmen.
Deals exhaustively with most branches of sport," &c. The Nottingham Guardian says:
•' Beally excellent portraits. The book is most complete. A careful risurrU," &c. The
Newcastle Daily Chronicle says : " Profusely illustrated. A complete record of sport-
ing and athletic doings," &c. The Sheffield, Daily Telegraph says : " "We are of opinion,
that no book ever issued, devoted to all kinds of sport, will be more generally welcome.
Get up and contents unexceptionable. Predict for it a great success." Upwards of 230
equally favourable reviews in other papers.
The Sporting Mirror. No 1, Vol. 1 contains portraits of Sir John Astley, Edward

Hanlan, H. L. Cortis, and Charles Bowell. Price Is. Only a few copies left.
The Sporting Mirror. No. 2, Vol. 1, contains portraits of W. G. Grace, G. L.

Lockton, H. Constable, and P. Cooper. Price 6d.
The Sporting Mirror. No. 3, Vol. 1, contains portraits of Lord Eosebery

" Pendragon," Wallace Boss, and B. Frost Smith. Price 6d.
The Sporting Mirror. No. 4, Vol. 1, contains portraits of Fred Archer, C. Blake

("Augur "), Horace Davenport, and J. H. L. Beay. Price 6d.
The Sporting Mirror. No. 5, Vol. 1, contains portraits of Admiral Eons, J. Mitchel

(" Vigilant "), W. G. George, and G. F. Grace. Price 6d.
The Sporting Mirror. No. 6, Vol. 1, contains portraits of Lord M. Beresford,

G. H. Vize, L. E. Myers, and H. Smerthwaite (" Bleys "). Price 6d.
Cases for Volume 1 or the " Sporting Mirror " now ready. "Whole cloth, gilt

illtuninated, extra Is. 6d., post free.
A few Volumes bound in handsome Cloth Cases to be obtained. Price 5s.
Portraits of Celebrities. Any of the excellent portraits that have appeared in the
Sporting Mirror to be had under large steel grey cut mount. Price 6d. each. N.B.—
These should be ordered through a bookseller, being too large to pass through the post.
They comprise—

Frost-Smith, B.
George, W. G.
Grace, W. G.
Grace, G. F.
Hanlan, E.
Lockton, C. L.
Mitchell, J. (" Vigilant ")
Myers, L. E.

Astley, Sir John
Archer, Fred
Beresford, LordM.
Blake, C. (" Augur ")
Cooper, Fred

Cortis, H. L.
Davenport, H.

Beay, J. H. L.

Bosebery, Lord

Boss, Wallace

Boms, Admiral

Bowell, Charles

Sampson, H. (" Pendragon")

Smerthwaite, H. (" Bleys ")

Vize, G. H.

BICYCLING, CRICKET, &c.

The Cyclist. Edited by H. Sturmey, author of "The Indispensable," "Complete
Guide to Bicycling," " The Tricyclist's Annual," &c, &c, and C. W. Nairn, author of
" The Bicycle Annual," &c. The only reliable weekly paper devoted entirely to bicycling
and tricycling. All wheelmen should read it. Gives all news and gossip in carefully
condensed paragraphs. Full reports of all races and important cycling events. Every
Wednesday morning in town and country. One penny. Post free three months, Is. 8d. ;
Six, 3s. 3d. ; twelve, 6s. 6d. Published also at Coventry. For advertising terms and
information, apply to the London Agent and Publisher, Harry Etheringxon, 152,
Fleet Street, E.C.

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The Wheel World. A Bicycling and Tricycling Illustrated Monthly Magazine of
Sport. Edited ' by H. Stuemey and C. W. Naibn. The title speaks for itself. Gives
■whole of the chat and doings of the wheel world in paragraphic style. Contains
articles, touching, directly or indirectly, upon the sport from the best pens. Gives
illustrated criticisms on machines, inventions, notions, &c. Caricatures the leading
cyclists, &c. 25th monthly. Demy 8vo. 100 pp. 3d. Subscription 4s. 6d. per annum.
The becognised Medium of Advebtisebs to gt?t theib Specialities and MANU-
FACTURES BEFOBE THE BIGHT PEOPLE, AND INTO THE PBOPEB CHANNEL. For advertising

terms and information apply to the London Agent and Publisher, Habry Ethebington,
152, Fleet Street, E.G.

Complete Guide to Bicycling. Second and enlarged Edition. By H. Stuemey,
Editor of the Cyclist, " The Indispensable Handbook," &c, &c. Crown 8vo., stiff covers,
Is. Complete in every department, interesting, and of great value, not only to intending
bicyclists, but to accomplished riders.

Group Photogeaphs op Bicyclists. No. 1, Racing Celebrities, contains Messrs. Cortis,
Hillier, Wyndham, Oxx, Hamilton, Thorn, Tyler, Laver, Bucker, Woolnough, Kearley,
Buntz and Tarling. Price Is., in cabinet size for album ; or 2s. 6d. (carriage paid) large
photograph. lOin. by 8in., mounted on a grey mount, size 16in. by 12in., suitable for club-
rooms, &c.

Geoup Photograph of Biciclists. No. 2, Racing Celebrities, contains Messrs. Llles,
Coleman, Griffiths, Smith, McWilliam, Crute, East, Kemp, English, Nisbit, Osborne,
Dundas, and Budd. Price Is. cabinets ; or, lOin. by 8in. on mount for framing, 2s. 6d.
(carriage paid). See above.

Group Photograph of Bicyclists. No. 3, Legislative and Literary Celebrities,
contains Messrs. Nairn, Inwards, Wilson, Etherington, Fox, Winter, Yeoman, Woodin,
Cramphorn, Cosens, Fussell, Benningfield, and Honeywell. Price Is., cabinets for album ;
or, on mount for framing, 2s. 6d. (carriage paid), size of photo being lOin. by 8in. See above.

Icycles, The "Wheel World" Annual. Edited by Lacy Hillier and Harry Ethering-
ton. Demy 8vo., in coloured wrapper, Is. ; post free, Is. 3d. The following selection of
the many reviews of it will suffice to shew its value to every one interested in the sport :—
The Sporting Life says : " The most complete and useful." " Got up with great care."
" Sound articles." " Chatty." " We cordially recommend all those interested in the
sport to purchase a ' bob's ' worth, whether riders or non-riders, &c." The Referee says :
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&a. The Cyclist says : " We can conscientiously recommend it as an excellent shilling's
worth." " The club list, with an engraving of every club badge, is alone worth the
expenditure," &c. The Sportsman says: " One of the neatest bits of literature that has
been issued," &c.

The Bicyclist's Indispensable Handbook. 1881. Now Ready. By Henry Stuemey.
The most reliable and interesting work for present, past, or future bicyclists. Demy 8vo.,
330 pp., 150 Illustrations, stiff covers, Is. This work again makes its annual appearance
with promise of having even a greater sale than previously. No wheelman should be
without this indispensable work.

Cycling. Edited by W. D. Welford. A monthly magazine devoted to cycling.
Articles, roads, runs, fixtures, inventions, clubs, racing, in fact, the chronology of the
month. Demy 4to., illustrated. 3d. monthly. Post free, 3§d. Habby Ethebington,
152 Fleet Street, E.C.

The Toubist's Road Map of England and Wales. Cloth, mounted in cloth case for
pocket or valise. Price Is., post free Is. Id. This map, issued by N. Salamon, Esq., is
unquestionably the finest and best ever issued ; at any rate, it is the most suitable for
cyclists, pedestrians, &c.

The Bicycle Road Book. Crown 8vo., cloth covers, 2s. Post free, 2s. 3d. Edited by
Charles Spencer. A first-rate guide. Distances given to and from hotels, bridges, railway
stations, &c.

Nauticus on His Hobby Hoese ; or, The Adventures of a Sailor during a Tricycle
Cruise of 1,427 Miles. Crown 8vo., stiff covers, Is. 6d. ; post free, Is. 8d. An admirable
little work, keeping one interested from beginning to end.

Wheelman's Yeae Book, Almanack and Diaey. Edited by H. T. Round, and com-
piled by W. D. Welford (Editor of Cycling), demy 8vo., 300 pp., Is. Post free, Is. 4d.
Unquestionably the biggest " bob's ' worth. No cyclist could possibly regret the expendi-
ture of a modest shilling in this work ; contains everything one wants to know. The
diary is a first-rate idea, &c— Vide Press.

Velocipedceia. A bicycling burlesque-extravaganza, by "Jupiter," Rovers' B.C.
The only bicycling burlesque ever acted. Performed several times to crowded houses.
Complete book of the words, price 9d. Post free, lOd.

Lyba Bicyclica. Forty Poets on th e Wheel. By J. G. Dalton. Crown 8vo., cloth.

Cases foe Vols. I. & II. of " Wheel Woeld," now ready. Whole cloth, illuminated

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The Bicycle Annual, 1880. A few copies left. Contains the Cross Roads of Great
Britain, and particulars cf the year, as in 1879 Annual ; Photograph of Harry Etherington,
Charles Terront (French Champion), and W. Cann, of Sheffield. Crown 8vo., stiff covers, Is.

The Bicycle Annual, 1881. Now ready. Contains Cross Roads and particulars of
the year, as in previous issues. Lithograph portrait of H. L. Cortis, Diary, Hints on
Training, &c. Crown 8vo., stiff covers, 1 s. Post free, Is. 2d.

Hotel Charges Directory. Compiled by a selected Committee. Stiff covers, crown
8vo., Is. Invaluable to pedestrians, bicyclists, and tourists generally. No traveller
should be without this work.

The Wheel World. (Illustrated.) By Lacy Hillier and Harry Etherington-
Vols. I. & II. Now ready, demy 8vo., 310 pp., illuminated handsome cloth, gilt edges, 3s.6d'

The American Bicycler. By C. E. Pratt, Editor of the Bicycling World. A Manual

for the Observer, Learner, and Expert. Gives full and interesting information on matters

touching the sport in America. In cloth, crown 8vo., 2s. 6d.
Romances of the Wheel. By E. CCA Series of Romantic Tales in connection

with Bicycling. Crown 8vo., cioth, Is.
Riding Rhymes ; or, Every Club its Own Music Hall. By " Faed." Illustrated.

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and tricyclists, being the County and Local Bye-Laws as to use of lamps, bells, &c, &c.

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On Wheels." A Series of Twelve Tales, told by twelve persons in competition for

a prize value £20. Pcap. 8vo., ed.
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Modern Training. By Amator, Author of " Physical Training," " Practical and

Theoretical Training," &c, &c. 6d. A guide by which many of our leading men have

gained champion honours.
James Lillywhite's Cricketer's Annual, 1881. A few copies only left. Edited by

C. W. Alcock. Contains cabinet portrait of the Australian Eleven, 1880. Hints on

Batting by G. W. Grace. The season of 1880 by Incog. The Australian Eleven by Bev.

Pycrof t, The Averages, Chief Scores, Chief Cricketers, Principal Clubs. Laws of Cricket,

&c, &c. Crown 8vo. Cloth covers. Is., post free, Is. 2d. Should be in every cricketer's

The Cricketers' Almanack (John Wisden's) for 1881. Eighteenth edition now
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all the principal matches played last season, including those of the Australian eleven,
calendar, &c, &c. The most reliable, useful, and interesting annual on cricket.

The Cricketers Almanack. A few copies of the following years, 1864, 1865, 1866,

1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1879, andl880, still on sale. Post free, Is. 2d.,

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free, Is. 7d. Contain the full score of all the Inter-University Cricket Matches, played

from 1826 to 1876.
Rules of Lawn Tennis, The latest and revised, as adopted by the Marylebone, All

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Rules of Football, Rugby and Association. 3d. Post free, 3£d.
Danger, Etherington's Christmas Annual. Edited by Llewellyn-Winter. Coloured

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Farm Poultry. By G. L. Hillier. A treatise upon breeding and keeping poultry

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2o The Wheel World Advertiser — November, 1881.

WHO'S WHO; AND WHERE TO FIND HIM

IN "THE WHEEL WORLD."

MOIR, HUTCHINS & HICKLING, 30, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
SARGENT, W., 9, Brecknock Road, Camden Road, N.
Backbone and Rim Makers.

DEVEY, J., & CO., Tower Works, Wolverhampton. [ham.

SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills, Birming-
WARWICK, T., Alma Street, Aston New Town, Birmingham.

Bag Makers.
LAMPLUGH & BROWN, M.I.P. Serviceable, 135, Great Colmore

Street, Birmingham.
SPURRIER, W. J., Takeabout, 119, Newhall Street, Birmingham.

Bearing; Makers.
AVES, W. O., The Pickwick, 46, Barbican, E.C.
DEVEY, J., & CO., Tower Works, Wolverhampton. [ham.

SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills, Birming-

Bell Makers.
CHALLIS BROS., Bushberry Works, Homerton. [E.C

HARRINGTON, J., Arab Alarm, 18, Norman's Bldngs, St. Luke's,
SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills, Bm'ham.

Bicycle Biding- Schools.
AVES, W. O., The City Oval, 46, Barbican, E.C
CITY BICYCLE SCHOOL, Chequer Yard, Aldgate High Street, E.C.
SARGENT, W., 9, Brecknock Road, Camden Road, N.W.

Bicycle Makers.
AVES, W. 0., The Pickwick, 46, Barbican, E.C.
BAYLISS & TIMMS, Perfection, East Street, Coventry.
CARVER, J., Hollow Spoke, Alfred Street Mills, Nottingham.
CENTAUR BICYCLE CO., Centaur, West Orchard Works, Coventry.
DEVEY, J., & Co., Express, Tower Works, Wolverhampton.
GRIFFITHS & SONS, S., (Universal) Clyde Works, Heath Town,

Wolverhampton.
HARRINGTON, J., Arab, 18, Norman's Buildings, St. Luke's, E.C
HOUGH, T., Florentine, Florentine Works, Wolverhampton.
HOWE MACHINE Co., Bridgeton, Glasgow.
HUMBER, MARRIOTT & COOPER, Humber, Nottingham.
KEEN, J., Eclipse, Surbiton, London, S.W.

LLOYD & CO., Whitmore, Great Hampton Works, Wolverhampton.
M ARKHAM, A., Champion, 345, Edgware Road, Shepherd's Bush, W.
MOIR, HUTCHINS CHICKLING, 30, Queen Victoria .Street, E.C
PALMER & HOLLAND, Interchangeable, Aston, Birmingham.
PARR, J., Star, 58, Navigation Street, Leicester.
SIMPSON, S., & SON, Defiance, Mansfield, near Nottingham.
SMITH, W. C, Imperial, Crocus Street, Nottingham.
SMITH, SONS & CO., Dart. Bow Works, 45, West Street, Sheffield.
SMITH, T., & SONS, The Viaduct, 61, Holborn Viaduct, E.C.
STASSEN, J., & SON, Nonpareil, 251, Euston Road, N.W.

The Wheel World Advertiser — November, 1881. 21

Bugle Makers.

HENRY KEAT & SON, Buglet, Matthias Road, Stoke Newington, N-

Fittings, Makers of.
DEVEY, J., & CO., Tower Works, Wolverhampton.
LLOYD & CO., Great Hampton Works, Wolverhampton.
SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C., Saltley Mills,

Birmingham.
WARWICK, T., Alma Street, Aston New Town, Birmingham.

Handle (Ivory, Horn, Wood, &c.) Makers.
GOULDTHORPE, H., 107, Rockingham Lane, Sheffield.
SMITH, SONS & CO., Bow Works, 45, West Street, Sheffield.
SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C., Saltley Mills, Birming-
ham.

Hollow Forks, Makers of.
SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C., Saltley Mills

Birmingham.
WARWICK, T., Alma Street, Aston New Town, Birmingham.

India Rubber Tyres, Makers of.
SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C., Saltley Mills,

Birmingham.
EAST LONDON RUBBER CO., 3, Great Eastern Street, E.C.

Lamp Makers.
DEARLOVE, J. H.,King of the Road, Comet, Combined Head and

Hub, 39, Arlington Square, Islington, N.
REA, NEALE, & BOURNE, Coopers Inextinguishoble, &c. (Patent),

St. Paul's Works, Birmingham, and 52, Queen Vietoria St., E.C.
SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, Saltley Mills, Birmingham.

Lamp Oil Manufacturers.
DAVILLE, W. S., & Co., The " Comet" Oil, 46, Wood Street,
Liverpool.

Lubricating Oil Manufacturers.
DAVILLE, W. S., & Co., The " Comet " Oil, 46, Wood Street,
Liverpool.

Nipple and Screw Makers.
SMITH, T.,& SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills, B'm'ham.

SMITH, T.,& SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills,B'm'ham.

Perambulator Makers.
LLOYD & CO., Great Hampton Works, Wolverhampton.
Ribbon and Badge Maker.

W. BOYDEN, 34, Woodlea Road, Stoke Newington, N.

LAMPLUGH & BROWN, Suspension, 135, Great Colmore Street,

Birmingham.
SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills,

Birmingham.
WARWICK, T., Alma Street, Aston New Town, Birmingham.

Silversmiths, Medallists, &c.
TYLER, E„ 42, Exmouth Street, Clerkenwell, W.C

22 The Wheel World Advertiser — November, 1881.

Spoke Makers.

DIAMOND WIRE, 4, Red Cross Street, E.C. [Birmingham.

SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills,
WARWICK, T., Alma Street, Aston New Town, Birmingham.

Sundries and Requisite Dealers.
SAMUEL, J., 239, Upper Street, Islington. [Birmingham.

SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills,

Steel Tube Makers.
SMITH,T.,& SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills, B'm'ham.

Tricycle Makers.
BAYLIS, TIMMS, & CO., Coventry Perfection, East St., Coventry.
CENTAUR BICYCLE CO., Centaur, Convertible, and Compressible,

Coventry.
HUMBER, MARRIOTT, & COOPER, Humber, Nottingham.
LLOYD & CO., Whitmore, Great Hampton Works, Wolverhampton.
PARR, J., Star, 58, Navigation Street, Leicester.
SMITH, W. C, Imperial, Crocus Street, Nottingham.

Uniform Makers.
CLARE & SON, 70, Fenchurch Street, E.C
WRAY & ROBY, Queen Street, Cheapside, E.C.

SCALE OF CHARGES

FOR INSERTION, INCLUDING COPIES POST-FREE.

£. s. a

Single Line, under One heading, per annum o 7 6

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Six „ „ 186

All communications to be addressed to the Publisher,
HARRY ETHERINGTON,i52, Fleet Street, London, E.C.

CLAPTON BICYCLE SCHOOL.

BIDING TAUGHT AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY BY

MR. T. ASHTON,

Who has Testimonials feom Bideks from all parts oe London.

REPAIRING & PAINTING BY EXPERIENCED WORKMEN.

Bells, Lamps, Bugles, and all kinds of Bicycle Sundries in Stock.

Also the Leather Cap for preventing Dust getting into the Back Wheels.

Bicycles of all sizes, on Hire, per Hour, Day, or Month. See also the

" CYPRUS," all sizes, £8 10s.

ASHTON BROTHERS,

Steam Bicycle Works, London Road, Downs Road,
Clapton, E,

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CLARES'

NEW HUB LAMP,

THE

PERFECTED GUIDING STAR

Has now been well tested, and is found to be the best,
safest and cheapest in the market.

70, FENCHDRCH STREET, LONDON.

SALSBURY'S IMPROVED NOISELESS

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The above Fastening need only be seen by Bicyclists to convince them that it is the Safest,
Simplest and Strongest ever introduced. It can be attached in a moment to the axle with
only one hand by merely depressing a vertical bolt which securely closes the lower half of the
cylinder or socket piece, and renders it an impossibility for the lamp to become detached by
the vibration of the machine. Prices, Japanned, No. 1, 1 0/- each ; No. 2, 1 0/9 each ; No. 3, 1 1 /6
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Also noiseless HEAD LAMPS for Bicycles and Tricycles. Over Twelve Thousand are
in use.— Sold by all Bicycle Makers and Agents throughout the Kingdom, and at the
Manufactory,

125, & 126, LONG ACRE, LONDON.
1806.

24 The Wheel World Advertiser— -November, 1881.

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PROVINCIAL EDITOR

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Author of the " Bicycle Annual and Road Book."

All TRICYCLING News and Gossip in carefully condensed
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Volume 1 Contains

ASTLEY, SIR J. D.
ARCHER, FRED.
BERESFORD, LORD M.
BLAKE, C. ("Augur").
COOPER, FRED.
CONSTABLE, H.
CORTIS, H. E.
DAVENPORT, H.
FROST-SMITH, R.
GEORGE, W. G.
GRACE, W. G.
GRACE, G. F.

HANLAN, EDWARD.
LOCKTON, C. E.
MITCHELL, J. (" Vigilant").
MYERS, E. E.
REAY, J. H. L.
ROSFBERY, LORD.
ROSS, WALLACE.
ROES, ADMIRAL.
ROWELL, CHARLES.
SAMPSON, H. ("Penal-agon").
SME RTH WAITE, H .,"Bleys"
VIZE. G. H.

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No. 7, Vol. 2, Contains
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J. WEBSTER.

H. M. OLI\ E

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LACY HILLIER.
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G. W. ATKINSON.
E. TRICKETT.

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CHARLES CRUTE. [ E. LAYCOCK.

■^REFLECTIONS ON THE MONTH.

-^SPORTING CHRONOLOGY.

-McDIARY FOR THE MONTHS

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The "WESTON" TRICYCLE.

No. 1 both large wheels driven

automatically by my

GRAVITY CLUTCHES.

D. G. WESTON, Manufacturer,

38, MYDDELTON ST., LONDON, E.C.

CLUB BADGES, <k

TO SECRETARIES AND OFFICERS
OF CLUBS AND OTHERS.

For Specialities and Artistic
Badges at moderate charges ,

SEND TO

W. BOYDEN,

Manufacturer of every description

Club and Bicycle Badges,

MEDALS, &c,

34, WOODLEA ROAD,

Church St., Stoke Newington,N.

See opinions of Press & Testimonials.

THE CYCLE COMPANY,

Sole Manufacturers of Bate's Patent

FLYING EAGLE TRICYCLE

The Trade su

Bicycles and Tricycles of every Description.

pplied with every Description of Stampings
and Fittings.

A Large Stock of which are always on View at

51, NEW KENT ROAD,

(Opposite the Elephant and Castle Railway Station, S.E.)

The above Company have great pleasure in announcing that they have Opened one of the
Largest BICYCLE SCHOOLS in London, at the back, of the above Premises, being upwards
of 300 feet long and 40 feet wide. Here Gentlemen may master the art of Bicycle Riding in
a few Lessons, together with the art of Dismounting in three Positions.

PROFESSOR R. MOUNTFORD

Will attend Daily to give Instructions, from Ten a.m. till late in the Evening of each day

Agents for all the Best Make of Machines in the Market, and Makers of Machines to
Specification.

Repairs of all hinds undertaken, and executed on the shortest notice possible.

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IMPERIAL BICYCLE,

Manufactured by

W. SMITH,

Crocus Street, Nottingham,
IS THE MACHINE FOR 1880,

As is proved by the following :

Mr. H. HIGHAM, of Nottingham, won
the long-distance Championship of the
Midlands, of 14 hours per day at Bir-
mingham, in October, 1879, on a 52-in.
Imperial Racer. It is worthy of note
that this is the only six days' race ever
won without a change of machine.

Thursday, March 17, 1880. At the Agri
cultural Hall he rode the unprecedented
distance of 230J miles, without dismount-
ing, and the quickest 100 miles on record.

Write for Price Lists and Testimonials
before ordering elsewhere.

GOY, London Agent.

ST. JOHN'S WOOD

BICYCLE DEPOT. SCHOOL AND
PRACTICE GROUNDS^

63, Queens Road

Adjoining Marlboro' Road Station.
Metropolitan Railway.

JOHN "BUTLER,

AGENT FOB THE SALE OP

ALL THE BEST MAKES-

Repairs of all kinds on the Pre-
mises with Despatch.

Bicycles, Tricycles, & Salvo- Quadricycles

for Hire, with option of Purchase.
Large Stock of Second-hand Machines.

BUTLER'S
RAT TRAP PEDAL SLIPPER

" Registered," 3/<> per pair.

Sent Carriage paid on receipt of Remittance

Send Stamps for J. Butler's Monthly
Pbice List of Second-hand Bicycles, Tri-
cycles, &c. For full description of Pedal
Slipper, see Wheel World, May Number.

THE FASTEST TIMES ON RECORD

WILL BE MADE WITH

GARROOD'S PATENT ADJUSTABLE

GRIP TREADLES

(FOR BICYCLES OR TRICYCLES)

AND

'XTRA HANDLE-BAR.

FURTHER PARTICULARS FROM

J. C. GARROOD,

LANCASTER WORKS, FAKENHAM, NORFOLK.

The Wheel World Advertiser — Noveml . , 1881.

THE

"INDISPENSABLE"

BICYCLISTS' HANDBOOK

FOR 1881

IS NOW READY III

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Should be read by everyone who
intends purchasing a new
Machine.

is INDISPENSABLE TO
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THE "INDISPENSABLE,"

BY.

HENRY STURMEY,

Capt. Coventry B.C., C.C.B.T.C., Author of the " Tricyclists' Indispensable

Annual" and "The Complete Guide to Bicycling," and Editor of

- "Wheel World" and "The Cyclist."

PRICE ONE SHILLING, by Post 1/4,

ILIFFE & SON, "The Cyclist" Office, COVENTRY,
And HARRY ETHERINGTON, 152, Fleet St., E.C.

Humber, Marriott & Cooper,

NOTTINGHAM,

MAKERS OF THE

'humberbicycle:

The most popular Machine for 1881.

THESE CELEBRATED BICYCLES are ridden by all the
leading amateur and professional riders, and most of the prin-
cipal faces on the path and road are won on The Humber Machine.
Amongst the fastest times on record made on these machines are
the following:—

% mile, 37 sec, by A. P. Trotter, Esq., C.U.B.C.
i mile, 2 min. 47 sec, by F. Cooper.
2 miles, 5 min. 36 sec, by the Hon. Ion Keith-Falconer, C.U.B.C.

Machines can now be delivered from our New Works at
Beeston at the Shortest Notice.

WORKS— BEESTON.
LONDON DEPOT--78, RICHMOND ROAD, S.W.

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Extract from the Sporting Life.
THE STANLEY EXHIBITION OF BICYCLES.
The 3rd annual exhibition of Bicycles and Tricycles, promoted'by the Stanley
B.C., at the Holborn Town Hall, closed on Thursday last, and was without
doubt, the best exhibition of the kind ever held in the metropolis. All the
large manufacturers were represented, and Messrs. Humber, Marriott, and Co.,
of Nottingham, had a splendid show, exhibiting no fewer th*n eight racing
machines, made expressly for the following distinguished riders:— A 58in.,
belonging to the Hon. I. Keith-Falconer (the machine which was awarded first
prize at the Agricultural Hall, and upon which the Cantab afterwards beat all
previous records for two miles doing the distance in 5min. 36fsec.) ; a 58in.
specially built for W. T. Thorn (L.B.C.) ; a 58in., made for H. Osborne(S.B.C.);
three 56in. racers, built respectively for A. P. Shaw (C.S.B.C.), H. V." Cleaver
(L.B.C), arid F. K. Laver (D.B.C.) ; a 55in., built for the professional mile
champion, F. Cooper, of Sheffield ; and a 53in. semi-racer, made for W. Cann,
of Sheffield, which he will ride in the forthcoming six days' race at the Agri-
cultural Halh' For finish and general excellence the "Humbert" were decidedly
Mm best in the show.

THE

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AND

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Outfitter.

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Arrangements have also been made to supply BOATS, CANOES, PRINTING PRESSES,
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INVALID FURNITURE, WASHING MACHINES, GYMNASTIC APPARATUS,
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FROM GOY, THE ATHLETIC OUTFITTER,

Tou can obtain Club Uniforms and every requisite for —

Bicycling
Tricycling
Crieket
Lawn Tennis

Camping Out
Yachting
Gymnastics
. Football

Rinking
Skating
Boxing
Fencing

Lacrosse
Boating
Canoeing

Swimming
Running
Walking

AND ALL

Athletic

Sports.

GOY'S

CALENDAR OF SPC

Forwarded free

on receipt of addressed

postal wrapper.

Bicycles and Tricycles Repaired or Repainted at Reasonable Prices.

INSURE AGAINST ACCIDENTS THEOUGH GOY.

tSr* Write for List you require.

Printed and Published by Iliffe & Son, The Cyclist Office, 12, Smithford Street, Coventry
London: Habky Ethebington, 152, Fleet Street, E.C.

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The Matchless.

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" The easiest running machine we
ever sat upon. We express this
opinion as the result of some TOO
miles' riding on roads of every des-
cription."— The Field.

" A magnificent roadster. As fine
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" As near perfection as it is possible
to get. Certainly of very highest
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Times.

" It stands an almost perfect speci-
men of human ingenuity and skill,
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Athlete.

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free on application.

On easy terms of payment. Hire,
with option of purchase.

Many hundreds of these elegant machines now in use, giving the
greatest satisfaction.

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The Bicycle & Tricycle Supply
Association,

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D.H.F. PREMIER. PREMIER DOUBLE DRIVER.

SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SHIPPERS.

IS3" Please say where you saw tliid.

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THE WORLD-RENOWNED

Duplex Excelsior Hollow Fork.

■££f £££££f££££££££££f£££££££££££££££/££££££££££££££££/££ff££££££f£f ££££££££££££££££££££££££ ££££££££!

ALL IMPROVEMENTS, SPECIAL QUALITY & FINISH,

As supplied to the American Bicyclist Touring Party,

JULY, 1880.

Patronised by Eer Majesty's Postmaster General,

The ExGelsior TriGYGle, No. 1.

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With Patent Gear (No. 4842, Nov., 1879), in lieu of Endless Chain. Ball Bear-
ings to all Wheels, and Pedal Action.
Hundreds in daily use by the Postal Service, running from 20 to 40 miles
daily. A proof of their durability and easy running.

THE CHAMPION 10 MILE AMATEUR TRICYCLE RACE,

At the Fifty Miles Tricycle Pace, on November 6th, 1880, from Pinchley to
Hitchin and back, the four "Excelsior" Tricycles ridden by Messrs. H. J. Bell,
W.K.T.C; S. Corbett, C.B.C.; C. Kitching, W.K.T.C.; and W. W.Williams,
W.K.T.C., were each winners of medals, having completed the distance in the
specified time,

BAYLISa THOMAS & Co,

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"Excelsior" Works, Coventry,

The oldest and largest Bicycle and Tricycle Manufacturers in Coventry with
one exception.

Descriptive Price List, with Woodcuts and Testimonials, 48 pages, Id. stamp.

LONDDN AGENTS:

GOY & Co.. Leadenhall Street, E.C.;
HICKLING & Co., 30, Queen Victoria St.,

* [B.C.

4 The Wheel World Advertiser — December, 1881.

"TflE CYCIiIjSP" P^IN'Fip Wei{Kg.

ILIFFE & SON,

PRINTERS

AND

PUBLISHERS

ESTIMATES ON APPLICATION.

12, SMITHFORD STREET & YICAR LANE,
COVENTRY.

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THE "HOWE" MACHINE CO.'S
Bicycles & Tricycles

Are constructed of the best material, and'by the most experienced of workmen.
They are planned on the surest mechanical principles, and possess all the
desirable "points" in 'cycling machines.

THE "HOWE" BICYCLE. THE "HOWE" TRICYCLE.

Prices from £1S 15s. Price, £16 16s.

THE "HOWE" MACHINE Co., Ld, Bridgeton, Glasgow.

London: 46, Queen Victoria Street.

BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES IN EVERY TOWN.

Second Thousand. Price 1/6 ; by Post, 1/8.

NAUTICUS hTs HOBBY HORSE ;

Or, The Adventures of a Sailor during a Tricycle Cruise of

1427 Miles.

London : W. Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly ; and Messrs. Smith & Sons' Bookstalls

See Reviews in moee than Thirty Newspapers and Magazines.

THE "PIONEER"

BICYCLE.

m m m »

H. J. PAUSEY, University Bicycle Works,

BEDFORD ROAD, CLAPHAM, S.W.
Three Minutes' Walk from Claphani-road Railway Station.

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M. D. RUCKER, JUN., & Co.,

Letchford's Buildings, Bethnal Green, London, E.

CENTRAL PIN STEERING

Secured with Patent Nut of which X and Y are the plan and
elevation.
Advantages— Extra Kigidity. A greater and better
bearing surface, and consequently less subject to wear, ease
of adjustment and impossibility to work loose.

sir r go m«c//

(swindley's patent.)

NEW SECTION OF RIM.

Advantages— The Rubber
is held securely without
cement, is easily turned
when worn, and is then
equal to a new tyre. The
rims being stiffer make
stronger wheels.

THE

rugi5:er

(bell's patent.)

BICYCLB

Is made of best possible material, and for rigidity, strength, and appearance cannot be sur-
passed. The above and other patented improvements are supplied, if required,
without extra charge.

PRICE, for any size, bright or japanned, with ball bear-
ings to both wheels, £Vt 17s. No Extras.

SEND FOR PRICE LISTS WITH FULL PARTICULARS.

THE PATENT 'CLYTIE' TOURISTS' BAG,

With entirely new and most effective fastening to backbone.

Prices.— Best quality Cowhide, 21/- ; other materials, 15/-

MANUFACTURERS OF THE " DEVON" SAFETY.

Th-e Wheel World Advertiser — December, 1881. 7

THE 'FACILE' 8AFETrBlCYGLE

(BEALE & STRAW'S PATENT.)

TESTIMONIAL FROM CUTHBERT D. VESEY, ESQ.,

(W inner of the late 50 mile Tricycle Race.)

11, Pbincbs Street, Cavendish Square, W.,
Messrs. Ellis & Co. March 17, 1881.

Gentlemen, — I am pleased to inf orm yon that I have given the 40-inch
" Facile " a most complete trial, and am very pleased with the result. I have
• ridden it nearly 200 miles of all sorts of roads, so may claim to know something
about it. On the track at Surbiton I have ridden a mile in 3 min. 28 sec, which
is a surprising speed for so small a wheel ; and with a specially built machine I
believe the time. might be considerably reduced. For road work the "Facile"
is a capital machine. A speed of 10 miles an hour may be kept up, and it goes
over rough or muddy roads more easily and steadily than the ordinary bicycle.
There is no fear of going over the handles, so that it may be ridden over any-
thing. For hill work it is also very good. I have ridden both up and down
Oak Hill, Surbiton, which I .cannot do on an ordinary bicycle. I came down
this hill, which is very steep, almost at walking pace, being able to use the
brake and treading back to almost any extent. Altogether 1 am very much
pleased with the " Facile," and think they ought to sell well during the coming
season. Tours very truly, CUTHBERT D. VESET.

From the Sporting Life, September ,13th, 1881.—" The match for a 5 Guinea Cup came
off yesterday ( Monday) on the main road from Hitchin to Finchley, twenty-five miles, resulting
in a victory for the "Facile." The winner, Mr. Boothroyd, rode a 40 inch " Facile," making
very fast time as follows : — Five miles, 23 min. 28 sec. ; ten miles, 46 min. 47 sec. ; twelve
miles and a half, or half way (Hatfield Railway Bridge), 58 min. 10 sec. ; fifteen miles, 1 hour
1 min. 36 sec. ; twenty miles, 1 hour 34 min. 30 sec. ; and twenty-five miles, 1 hour 58 min. 5 sec.
The roads were heavy, and rain fell for the greater portion of the race, or the time would
have been even better." Mr. Harry Etherington acted as referee and took the times.

SOLE AGENTS:

ELLIS & Co., rLatBrofomsbHury!st"; 165, Fleet Street, London.

(Adjoining Anderton's Hotel.)

8 The Wheel World Advertiser — December, 1881.

PALMER'S

PATENT

DOUBLE BALL BEARING,

DUST mmM AND

PROOF BPfW ADJUSTABLE.

Possesses in perfection every point required. Can be fitted to any
Machine at a trifling cost.

PALMER AND CO.,

YICF0IU7I WO^Kg,

SIX WAYS, BIRMINGHAM,

PATENTEES AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE
" INTERCHANGEABLE" BICYCLE.

ONE PENNY.

Every Wednesday Morning, In Town and Country.

BICYCLISTS

TRICYCLISTS
Should Read

"THE CYCLIST."

PROVINCIAL EDITOR:

HENRY STURMEY,

Author of the " Tricyclists' Indispensable Annual."

LONDON EDITOR:

O. "W". NAIRN,
Author of the " Bicycle Annual and Road Book.''

All TRICYCLING News and Gossip in carefully condensed
paragraphs.

Fall REPORTS of all RACES and important Cycling events.

Coventry : IL.IFFE & SON, 12, Smithford Street.
London : II. ETHER1NGTON, 152, Fleet Street.

"THE CYCLIST," One Penny, is published every Wednesday
Morning in London and Coventry, and may be had of all Newsvendors
and Bicycle Depdts, or delivered FIRST POST on Wednesday at the
following rates :— 12 months, 6/6 ; 6 Months, 3/3 ; 3 Months, 1/8 ; Single
Copy, ljd.

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On Wicksteed's Patent Double-
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Reduced Price of Stand, 4/6.

neck ; handle bar, 22 or
inches wide, with ebony or rose-
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iron forks ; large flanged hubs,
with from 50 to 60 direct spokes
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For the superiority of our Manufacture we were awarded the
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TRICYCLES from 12 Guineas.

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The Original and Largest Makers in the World of all Parts,
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.REGISTERED

AMATEUR ?
BICYCLE

CABINET

REGISTERED

AMATEUR

BICYCLE

CABINET

INFRINGERS WILL BE PROSECUTED.

The whole of the work, with all the different parts done, together with

necessary tools and full instructions How to Make a Sixteen

Guinea Bicycle, sent on receipt of Four Guineas.

(Kegistered),

FIVE GUINEAS.

Any Amateur, with ordinary mechanical skill, can complete these
splendid machines, which are the most popular patterns of 1880.

RUBBERS FROM 10/- EXTRA.
The extraordinary demand cannot be wondered at when for such
a small sum the whole of the set, comprising as it does over One
Hundred different Pieces of the very best Bicycle Material, is
supplied in a -nearly finished state. This, too, with all the coming
improvements of 188 1, and simple directions for finishing.

The "Queen" Bicycle & Tricycle Gompy..

RAILWAY APPROACH, WARWICK ROAD,

Coventry,

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LOOK OUT FOR IT ! ! GET IT ! !
THE THIRD XTRA

Xmas Number of The Cyclist

(Edited by HENRY STURMEY,)

WILL BE READY DECEMBER 15th,

AND WHICH WE ARE IN A POSITION TO STATE WILL BE

Jar J$ttpm0r to antr Christmas Jlutnte %& pxabvutb.

IT WILL CONTAIN

CONTRIBUTIONS l)y all the BEST WRITERS,

Amongst which will be found the following Christmas Tales, Romances, Adventurous
Bides, Ballads, Poems, &c.

Introductory Verses and Outline of the Season. By Heney Stuemey.
' An Adventurous Ride in Australia — from Sydney, over the Blue Mountains

to the Temora Gold Diggings, a distance of 360 miles." By " J.W."
" London to Leicester in 189 — ; a tale of the German Occupation." By

" Agonistes," Hampstead B.C.
" Boycotted." By T. H. Holding.

" The Mystery of the Mantelpiece." By " Choey Sawtell."
" The Legend of Sir Scorchalong and the Lady Pot-o'-Jam." Eight Illustrations.

By'TAED."
" Our Youngest Member." By " Bab Yaedley."
"La Somnambula." By " W.J.C."

" How I proved an Alibi." By William J. Bull (Author of " Odds and Ends").
" Our President's Goose." By " Aout."
" A Wild, Wild Ride ;" or, " The Mystery of the Dead Hand." By W. Cbompton,

Capt. Warrington B.C.
"In Nineteen Hundred. and One." A topical Bicycling Song. By "Tommy B."
"A Tricycle Ride into Dreamland." By"B."(Canonbury B.C.)
" That Garrulous Stranger." By " Ab Initio."
"A Doggerel Catastrophe." By "A.R."
" Cycling versus Courting." By "Aout."
" The Captain's Wife." By " Tommy B."

" The Effects of a Beef Steak Supper." Illustrated. By " Smangle," P.B.C.
" A Tribute." By " W.J.C."

" Delights of the Wheel." By " Whiteeius," B.T.C.
" Over the Handle-Bar." A parody. By " W.W., Jb."
And SEVERAL OTHERS.

The Number will be got up regardless of expense, and will be

Illustrate toitf Original dfoigraliings

By HARRY. G. BANKS, and Othebs.

Order at once from your Bookseller, wherever you get "The Cyclist"

or " Wheel World," or direct from the Publishers,

IL.IFFE & SON, '^The Cyclist '' Office, COVENTRY.

LONDON : H. ETHERINGTON, 152, Fleet Street;

12 The Wheel World Advertiser — December, 1881.

By Royal 2^S^^^^^^ Letters 'Patent.

Thomas Warwick,

MANUFACTURER O

||ii§jil@ jittiip tf eyeiy j)eperiptioit

Sole Maker of WOOLLKY'S

PPEP jSP^ip $H)DIiEjS,

PRICE — No. 1, with Flexible Sides, 6s. each.

,, No. 2, with Ordinary Plain Saddle, 4s. each.

These Saddles are acknowledged by all riders who have tried them to be
i^ie most comfortable seat yet introduced, affording great ease to the rider
when riding over rough and bad roads and long journeys. Testimonials, etc.,
on application.

WARWICK'S PATENT RIMS

Are now so well known, and are so strong and durable, that all riders should
have them on their Bicycles.

large Jtsaorimwtt ai Jltatmals oi all ktttJtra alfoags in
%totk, ai tet ihttalj anir quality,

INCLUDING

Eims, Spokes, Backbones, Hollow Forks, Hubs, Bearings,

Pedals, Springs, Lubricators, Oil Cans, Saddles

and Bags, Bells, Lamps,

And all parts finished and in the rough.

Stampings of every kind, of Best Quality.

Price Lists Free on application to the Works,

ALMA ST., ASTON NEW TOWN,

BIRMINGHAM.

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LOOK HERE !!

A FIRST-CLASS BICYCLE AT A MODERATE PRICE.

WHERE CAN I GET IT ? WHY FROM

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THE WHEEL WORLD.

CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER.

Why do Clubs Decay

.. 41

Geology as Applied to Bicycling

The Voyage of the Good Trike " Sociable," 0

f Finchley ;

or,

Illustration

A Eide for a Wife— Part IV

.. 48

To a Friendly Cycle

" How the Wheel World ' Wags ' "

Cycling Celebrities— W. E. N. Coston

Illustration

.. 61

Diminutive Dramas

A Bicycle Ride

.. 65

Roving Records (A Central European Tour)

A Ride Through Brittany

.. 67

Bicycling in Australia

Elopement a la Mode

... 70

The Law of Bicycles and Tricycles

Law Cases during the Month

.. 75

Jottings from the Emerald Isle

Amongst the Clubs

Western Waifs

Patent Record

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Sole Manufacturers and Fatentees. Infringers Prosecuted.

QjiSkSSttlSy. Patent Coventry "Hill Climber." CoK£^£,£ed'

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<■•:

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and

WHY DO CLUBS DECAY?

OTHING has struck us more, or been more difficult to
explain, than the decadence of late years of once well-
known and well-membered clubs. There are clubs which,
but a short time ago, were foremost in the field for runs
other purposes for which clubs exist, which, without any

ostensible cause, are at the present moment complete wrecks of
their former selves. There are also large clubs which are stagnant
for want of taking a prominent part in wheel life, and which, though
full of members, are without real vitality, but the cause of the posi-
tion of these latter it is easy to explain. The difficulty lies in
explaining why clubs, which have once taken a prominent part in
cycling, and never ostensibly retired from it, quietly die out, whilst
Qther newer and younger associations flourish like the proverbial
green bay leaf? Is it that the officers of old clubs, while undesirous
of retiring and admitting " new blood," yet lose their interest
in the club ; and that the " new blood" rinding itself snubbed and
kept "out of the cabinet," departs and starts a new club? We
fancy that this must really be the cause, and, if it be so, it does
away at once with the outcry which has been raised occasionally
against the multiplicity of clubs. We have always held the opinion
that a small club of about 30 members, cleverly managed, well
united together, and living in one locality, is really the proper thing
for cycling. " Divisions" of large clubs we have always looked
upon as likely to lead to divisions in reality. Large clubs are
undoubted mistakes, and yet we find occasionally a sudden desire to
form such. " Down East" in London a number of small clubs
recently joined together under one name, and so great was the
infection that the new monster bicycle club swallowed up a tricycle
club bodily, and had to change its title to suit the occasion. That
the interest of individual members in large clubs flags everyone can
understand, but what " puzzles the Quaker" is why smaller clubs
come to grief? That they do occasionally is certain.

Our argument, then, is that what keeps clubs alive is personal
ambition ; and what kills them is also personal ambition, but from
another point. In the successful small clubs some men, or man, is
working energetically for their or his own glorification, but in the

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gaining of that the club is kept alive. In the once successful club
the cause of failure is that the old officers, though flagging in zeal,
do not like to sink into retirement and club insignificance, in order
to make room for those who would work. It therefore would appear
that, so far from decrying the forming of new clubs, it is a thing to
be encouraged, for there is more bicycling life in a club of twenty
members energetically managed, than in one of fifty where vitality
is dead !

GEOLOGY AS APPLIED TO BICYCLING.

By Observer, L.B.C., B.T.C.

EFORE a rider starts for a tour the first thing he generally
does is to try and obtain a companion ; and supposing he
|?jjjj is so far successful, what is his next step ? Why, he and
«™| his companion obtain a quantity of books on roads, and
maps for the purpose of choosing a route, and finding out the
distance from place to place. But what book can he obtain wherein
an accurate description of the country and surface of the roads,
which would be of practical benefit to him, is given ? The answer
is, "none." There are many books, in which the distance is
given from place to place, but who would not prefer the old,
but by far more useful books of roads by Carey or Patterson,
to these modern productions (of course I am aware of their
unfortunate scarcity) ? What is wanted is a book wherein a list
of all the principal roads of England are so arranged that the
searcher can, in a very short time, refer to any road in England he
desires to ride over, and obtain all the information he requires as to
surface, &c. An arrangement of this kind will be found in the
coming " Cyclist and Wheel World Annual." I think every man
who does much riding and touring, more especially chief consuls
and consuls of the Bicycle Touring Club, should make it their duty
to study the elements of geology, so that they may by its use be able
to judge, by the formation on which such and such a district stands,
of what quality they may expect to find the roads ; whether
they run over steep and long hills, or gradual and undulating rises ;
whether the rider may expect to come upon sudden and steep
pitches, or whether he may expect a level and safe road. Also, that
he may be able to judge by the formation of the district whether the
surface is smooth and even, as over most of the Tertiary forma-
tions ; good, but with occasional water gullies, as found in the chalk
districts ; or rough and lumpy, as found in the limestone, Oolitic, and
Silurian systems. What could - be more, useful than this simple
knowledge of the English geological formations, and what would be
more useful to a touring bicyclist ? He would have ample
opportunities in one or two tours of any extent, to notice the variety
of country and difference of scenery produced by the different

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geological formations. He would say to his companion, " We may
expect better roads to-morrow, as we shall be leaving behind us the
bumpy limestone roads of Lincolnshire, and entering Norfolk with
its Tertiary formation, where we shall have good roads, no steep
hills, and pretty scenery peculiar to the later formations, which will
be an agreeable change." These ideas bring into one's mind thoughts
of the splendid arrangement of nature's beauties. What could be
more pleasing after a long journey in a district of rugged hills and
roaring waterfalls, with few trees, and much wildness — very grand,
no doubt— to pass, after a day's ride, into a district all green and
wooded, with pretty undulating hills, lovely heaths, and rivers flow-
ing in peaceful solemnness ? A rider can arrange a tour so as to see
all the above varieties of nature's beauties, by making himself
acquainted with the rudiments of geology, and I feel sure such know-
ledge will assist much in adding to the pleasures of a summer tour.

THE VOYAGE OF THE GOOD TRIKE "SOGIABLE," OF

FINCHLEY;

OR, "JARGES ON THE JOB."

j|ARGE I. having come into collision with a windfall (during
the gale of Friday, Oct. 14th), in the shape of a substan-
tial piece of hoarding, and sustained some bruises and
contusions, concluded that instead of joining as a visitor
the run of the South London Harriers, he would go in for some nice
light exercise of a safe and easy nature. Accordingly he decided on
a cruise upon wheels, and preferring company, determined on a double
tricycle trip. Without more delay he communicated with a friend
and fellow clubman (Mr. George Gatehouse, jun., of the Chichester
and District Bicycle Club, who also rejoices in the soubriquet of
"Jarge"), who accepted the invitation with alacrity, and full
arrangements were quickly made.

Accordingly, about 4.30, on Saturday afternoon, two wheelmen in
blue braided tunics, " black Ripley scorcher" caps, and B.T.C.
badges, might have been observed wending their way past Moss Hall
Grove, Finchley. The " Sociable Salvo," belonging to the F.T.C.,
"had been duly engaged, and after some complicated struggles with
straps and a small portmanteau, the cruise fairly commenced. The
.preliminary ride through Finchley was scarcely concluded, when it
was found necessary to still further raise the seats, to accommodate
the abnormal length of the riders' nether limbs (we may remark en
passant that, as is well-known, "Jarge" rides a 58m., whilst the
Cicestrian member navigates a wide-built 6oin.). The first down-
hill going Londonwards tested the efficacy of the brake, which was
proved to be astonishingly powerful, in fact, one of the main points
of conversation ; whilst the corresponding up-hill climb proved to the

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riders the possibility of climbing all reasonable gradients, but as this
was to be entirely a pleasure trip it was agreed to walk the hills, as
a rule. Just before getting to Finchley Road Station the vehicle
was turned to the right, en route for the well-known lanes to
Kingston, via Acton and Kew, but the provincial member of the crew
had good reason to question the praises which he has heard bestowed on
those well-known ways, for what with stones, shingle, road-mending,
pipe-laying, etc., etc., their condition was simply awful. However,
perseverance in due course brought the riders out at Kew bridge,
and they then hurried on to Richmond, where the " gig lamps"
were trimmed and lit, and after a smart run Kingston was success-
fully " made." A visit to the Genial Fair Brothers for a snack
occupied a few moments, and then Ripley was the order of the day,
or rather of the night, for it was now about 8.30. Esher was soon
left behind, and the fair mile, with a strong wind behind, enabled the
engines to put on extra steam, although by this time " the only
Jarge" began to feel his side and back bruises pretty plainly. Pain's
Hill was walked from this cause, but just before reaching the top of
Red Hill, lamps came in sight behind, and the old Adam caused the
crew to pull themselves together for a final i\ mile dash to The
Anchor. The two wheelers, who proved to be " The Popular
Price," the Stanley piano performer, and another S.B.C^ man,
arrived a few minutes after the double trike had been safely
housed, and " No. 4" engaged for the night. The crew were some-
what exhausted and off their feed, having gone too long without a
meal, but a night's rest and a " square" breakfast about 9 a.m. next
morn set them up ; and after a short interview with " The McCullum
Hill," " The Sociable," in company with four bicyclists, moved off en
route for " Ye Ancient Cytie of Chichester." "Jarge" still feeling
the effects of his accident, the pace was easy, and the route running
via Godalming and Petworth across the South Downs, a good deal
of pedestrian exercise was taken. From the top of the Benjes a
most magnificent panorama was visible, the sea filling in the
horizon, the Sussex plateau laying below bathed in sunlight, the
wind blowing softly from behind; altogether, the scene was a perfect
treat to a toil-worn citizens of the Modern Babylon. Once again
" legs up," the tricycle flew down the two miles of fairly good road
from the top of the Benjes towards Halnaker ; the rabbits skipping
out of the road directly the whirring wheels came in sight. What a
spin it was ! The machine perfectly under control, the brake
thoroughly reliable, one had only to steer straight and " fly." It's
a long hill that has no bottom, and at length that region was
reached ; and after two short gradients, the lovely, loose road via
Boxgrove and Westhampnett was gained— -nearly straight, just
curving enough to be picturesque. With a racing-path surface, a
slight falling gradient, and the wind behind, the " omnibus," with
its two outside passengers, was soon swinging up East Street at a
smart pace, and the day's journey accomplished. The crew attended

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morning service at the Sub-Deanery Church, and "turned in." Early
next morning (Monday, Oct. 17) the watch was roused, and an
ante-breakfast run to the " Fishbourne Gates" indulged in. A
visit to Parker's, the Chichester agent for Humber and other
makers, enabled the crew to replace the ladies' seat (which had a
tendency to tip forward) by a saddle of the usual tricycle type,
an alteration which added much to the comfort of No. 2. The
portmanteau being sent on by train and all adieux made, at 10 a.m.
precisely the double " Salvo" sailed down East Street, en route for
Finchley ; No. 2 being due in London the same evening. A slow
pace was set to enable the piston-rods to warm up to their work,
but the lovely Boxgrove road induced incipient spurting on the part
of the younger member of the crew, which was mildly checked by
the elder, with the remark, " Easy, George ; we've got 80 miles
to do !" Maudlin and Halnaker were left behind. The pace not
being hurried, and a long slow walk up the Benjes, still further
affected the time record. A steady, legs-on-footrests, run down
Waltham Hill — a very pretty piece of road just now spoilt by stones,
which, however, the double tricycle ignored — led the crew on to a
mile and a-ha,lf of fair road ; and then a very gradual rise brought
them without a dismount to the top of Duncton Hill, one of the
worst hills in the district for the " narrow guage" machine, and the
scene of " Jarge's" first " cropper" off a " spider." Thanks to the
band-brake, the trike ran down this bete noir of bicyclists with
the greatest ease, at a fair pace, and was soon spinning away towards
Petworth, via Coultershall Mill and the Rother river, here dammed
to form a mill pool, and forming a very pretty artistic " bit."

A steady slog up-hill landed the tricyclists in Petworth, the
fourteen miles of very hilly road having occupied nearly two hours.
Flying down the hill out of Petworth, the trike was brought to
anchor for a gentleman to persuade a somewhat fresh Irish horse to
pass it. (We emphasize the gentleman, because, in place of abuse,
thanks for stopping were gracefully tendered.) An undulating spin
along good roads, with an interval for blackberry picking, and another
to watch two magnificent cock pheasants in full plumage negociate,
after many struggles, the wire netting around Petworth Park,
brought the tricycle to North Chapel, through which it passed
at a fair pace, after a close interview with a foxhound, a
litter of parti-coloured pigs, and a flock of Brahmas, no fatal
casualties reported. The run continued through a very hilly
country — where, however, the spins down made up for the walks
— via Chiddingfold, Witley, and Milford to Godalming, where,
at the Anchor, a B.T.C. dinner was obtained. The road now was
more level, and had a better surface, the " Sociable" trolled on
at a good pace, and ere long the " historic Anchor" hove in sight.
As in duty bound, a halt was made for a few moments, and then
once more the three-wheeler got " on the job." Half-way up
Lambert's Hill a four-in-hand was passed, and in spite of an evident

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intention on the part Of the handler of the ribbons to overtake " the
velocipede," the modern hobby-horse was about a quarter of a mile
to the good at the top of Red Hill, and the Coach was fairly out of it
at Esher. The roads now deteriorated, and through Kingston and
up the hill proved very bumpy. Some fruit was served out by the
purser, and a slight dash of excitement supplied by the vagaries of
an inebriated Jehu, who came swinging down the further hill coming
out of Kingston, behind the tricycle, which prudently ran close to the
hedge and let him pass, gyrating all over the road, and thrashing his
horse unmercifully. Down the hill to Putney Bridge was a disap-
pointment, as a terrific layer of flints made " slogging" a necessity.
Thence through Chelsea, Earl's Court to the Marble Arch, via
Hamilton Place, was a steady crawl, the difficulty of steering through
vehicular traffic from the left-hand seat being very patent, especially
when the slow carts go next the kerb. However, the wood pave-
ment proved a treat,, and the Edgware road was soon got over.
Some " back lane" work being necessary towards the end, a circuitous
dodge round was made, which resulted satisfactorily by bringing the
machine out at the Swiss Cottage. Over the ride from that point to
within one mile of Finchley 'twere best to draw a veil, objurgations,
not loud, but deep, on the local luminaries who see to the " road
mending" (save the mark ?) might have been heard echoing through
the evening air. But, happily, the end came at length, and with
both lamps blazing as a propitiatory offering to the " Finchley
Bobby," The Double Tricycle, with its freight, once more sailed
safely home after a rough trip of somewhere about 150 miles, 70 of
which were accomplished between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Monday.
The "Jarges" dismounted, converted and enthusiastic double
tricyclists, for the sociability, ease and comfort of a double tricycle
run, if no startling times are attempted, cannot be over estimated. Of
the " Salvo Sociable" itself the crew cannot speak too highly ; under
all circumstances it behaved itself thoroughly well. The balance
gear is absolutely perfect, as it was quite possible, on the loosest
of roads, for No. 2 to slog terrifically at his pedals, whilst No. 1 did
no work at all, and yet the machine ran steadily and straight. At
first the steering was a bit too easy, but when tightened was wonder-
fully accurate. The entire absence of lateral movement, or " sagg,"
was especially noticeable, in fact there seemed to be no lateral strain
at all on the steering wheel — a fact which shows how accurately the
gear must " take up" unequal action of the wheels over rough roads.
(Extracted from the Log of the " Sociable.")

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48 THE WHEEL WORLD.

A RIDE FOR A WIFE.

By Harry j. Swindley, Hampstead B.C.

Part IV.
Yet,, though dull Hate as duty should be taught,

I know that thou wilt love me ; though my name
Should be shut from thee, as a spell still fraught
With desolation, and a broken claim.

— Childe Harold.

jjNCE again must I, falteringly, ask my readers to bridge
with thought a span of two years, at which point the
thread of our narrative is resumed. Events foreshadowed
in what has gone before, have occurred and been brought
about only too surely. Arrayed against our little heroine, struggling
with the grief-ful weakness of a woman's love, have been the
commands of her father, the exhortations of her relations. To
none could she fly for the comfort and consolation so unutterably
sweet to a woman's wounded spirit. Her mother, though yearning
to salve the wounded soul, was restrained by the harshness of
her husband from rendering the sympathy which the girl had a
right to expect. On all sides was she assailed with encomiums
upon her lover, and hopes that she would not miss the splendid
chance open to her by accepting Mr. Haward's offer. What
could she do ? Day by day the ceaseless torrent of persuasion
swept on, until the girl nigh sank under the load of sorrow she was
called upon to bear, alone and unaided. And worse than this,
worse, far worse than the tyranny, the oppression, and the hateful-
ness of the attentions of her admirer, was the fact that for the past
three months no letter had come from Tom, no answer to her oft-
repeated messages of tender love and affection. Sore and indignant,
her heart nigh bursting with her disappointment, she had ceased to
write. Oh ! ye fathers of marriageable daughters, ye parents who,
for your own ends, tear the joy from your children's lives, and force
the current of their fresh young hearts into the rocky channel of
indifference, blush with shame at what is here recorded ; turn, if you
have as yet not stooped to euch a depth of moral degradation, from
such acts as crush from out two lives the purity of existence, and
blast for once and for aye the joy of a lifetime. Mr. Kelly had, with
a brutality hardly to be expected from a man of refinement, destroyed
each letter from Ruston as they arrived, without informing his
daughter of their arrival. So intent was this unfeeling father upon
the sale of his daughter that he was not deterred from such an action
as this, when aught stood in the way of his wishes.

As the constant dropping of water wears a hollow in the hardest
stone, so did the perpetual persuasion of her friends, coupled by the
seeming indifference of Ruston, continuing over so many months,
at last effect a change in her resolves, and she gave a half consent
to her union with Haward. Overjoyed at this sudden compliance

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with his hopes, Mr. Kelly's manner towards his daughter underwent
an entire change, and the burning sorrow she experienced at thrust-
ing the memory of Tom from her heart, was partly palliated by the
recollection that in this thing, at least, she was obeying her father.
Nevertheless, the promise she had so solemnly given to Tom on the
night of their last farewell, rose often with a strange weirdness
before her, and she felt within herself that should he return before
her marriage with H award, she must and would fulfil that solemn
pledge.

Thus passed the months until the two years of which Ruston
spoke had nearly passed away, and nothing was heard from him or
of him. The rumour had gone forth that Miss Kelly was engaged
to Mr. Haward, and their wedding was fixed for an early date in the
following month. Mr. Ruston, senr., immersed in business, and
having a pet project of his own with regard to Tom's ultimate
settlement, made no inquiries, and indeed paid no attention to these
reports. So the course of events drifted on with a dull monotony,
only to be brought up, all standing, in a manner which shall be
presently described.

The wedding-morn has arrived, and already the bells of Nunwich
church are ringing out their joyous peals of gladness. But like a
knell to her youth, like the burial-signal of the fresh young spring-
tide of her life, sound they to the pale grief-stricken bride. Attended
by her mother in her own room she pours out the wealth of her
affection for Ruston, and tells that her heart is slowly breaking,
breaking under the weight of the awful step she is about to take.
Unavailingly does the mother patter those sophisms which arise to
the lips of such mothers when their children, with wrecked hopes
and a life-long hunger at their hearts, are about to make a s^ood
match. Good, forsooth ! good only to sow the seeds of a ripeful
discord, and fill the pockets of the leeches of the law.

But all is prepared, and the procession of carriages, amidst the
cheers of a large crowd, pass onwards towards the church. Factory
girls stand by, with tears in their eyes, and envy the supposed
happiness of the young bride. Ah ! envy not ; may-be that never
in your life, oh ! ye toilers of the loom, will you e'er bear in your
bosoms such a load of crushing sorrow as has now seized, with an
everlasting clutch, upon the soul of that pale girl in yonder carriage.
No ! not if hunger itself one day should assail you with its agonizing
throes. And, smiling and bowing by her side, sits the man to whose
devilish pride this sin is due. Radiant with pleasure is he at the
attainment of his wishes, and never a thought does he give to the
ruin of the two lives he has so callously effected. But we will leave
the bridal party to proceed towards the church, while we attempt to
describe what is simultaneously taking place at Barmouth.

In the small, but elegantly-appointed house fronting the sea, known

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throughout Barmouth as Ruston Villa, sat the family of that name
at luncheon.

"When do you expect Tom back, papa?" asked Kate Ruston,
Tom's sister, who loved and worshipped her elder brother as if he
were a demi god, and resented the manner in which he had been
treated by the Kellys as only the sister of a jilted man can.

" He should have been back last week," returned her father : " I
cannot think what is detaining him."

" I trust nothing has happened," anxiously interrupted his mother.

"By jove! isn't that like his knock?" shouted Harry, the younger
son, as a wave of rattling sound produced by a peculiar agitation of
the knocker — such an one as once was playfully called " Tom's
knock" — rolled through the house, and caused all to start to their
feet. " And, by the Lord ! ! it is him," continued the graceless
youngster, as the dining-room dour swung open and disclosed our
hero on the threshold.

While he is being welcomed by his family, we will try to discern
if any change has taken place in his appearance since we last saw
him. Stouter and manlier in appearance than when he left certainly
he is, but saving the tan with which the tropical sun and ocean
breezes have enbronzed his features, his mother can discern no
change in her darling. The honest, fearless look of the clear, open,
grey eye — the wave of the brown, chesnut hair on the broad, high
forehead, is still as it used to be, while the breadth of shoulder — for
which, ere he departed, he was famed — has only become more pro-
nounced. He is more than ever the Tom Ruston of old, and the
joy of his mother and his sister's heart. How ineffably sweet, my
dear reader, is the contemplation of a sister's love. No man exists
on this earth who possesses a true, loving woman for his sister, and
is not a better man for the possession. Sisters who may do me the
honour of perusing this weak sketch, smile at what I have here
set down, and laugh at what you may deem my ignorance ; but if a
non-appreciative relation is your lot, comfort yourselves with the
reflection that the greatest, highest honours have been won, the
cruellest, most crushing griefs been borne, through the sweet help
of a sister's pure love. Next in holiness to a mother's heavenly
affection, ranks the sacred purity of a sisterly attachment.

With a cold fear at her heart Mrs. Ruston sat holding and softly
stroking her son's hand, fearing that every instant he would make
some enquiry as to Nunwich and the Kellys ; and not long had she
to wait. " Have you no news to tell me, mother ?" he asked ;
" You must know what is nearest my heart, after you. How is
Alice ? have you seen her lately ?

" I believe she is quite well," replied Mrs. Ruston, in a low tone.

" But are you not sure, then?" interrupted Tom.

" No, Tom," said his sister, laying her hand upon his arm, and
looking up into his face. " We are not sure ; in fact, we have not
seen Miss Kelly for two months ; and "

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" Not seen her for two months, Katy ? Mother, what does this
mean ? tell me at once what has happened between you ?"

" I cannot, my boy ; I cannot," replied Mrs. Ruston, in tones
broken with emotion.

" Then, mamma, I will," said Kate. " Tom, my dear brother, is
it possible that you do not know Miss Kelly is to be married, and
that to-day ?"

" My God ! what are you saying ?" cried Tom, springing to his
feet.

" Only what is true, dear Tom ; calm yourself for an instant, and
listen to me while I tell you all."

" Yes, yes, Kate ; go on," answered her brother, setting his teeth
and clenching his nails into the palms of his hands, in his determined
effort to control his emotion ; " but tell me quickly."

" Ever since you left, Tom," continued Kate, taking her brother's
hand in hers end throwing her disengaged arm around him ; " ever
since you left, Mr. Kelly — so, at least, we have understood — has done
his best to drive all recollection of you from his daughter's mind, and
at last has apparently succeeded, for this morning she is to be married
to Mr. Haward."

"To Haward ! Oh, this is too cruel ; and her promise," groaned
Tom.

" My brother," pursued his sister, " think no more of her ; she is
not worthy of such a love as yours. Forget her utterly."

" I cannot, I cannot," faltered Tom ; " even now I would claim
her if I could see her before she is irrevocably bound to that scoundrel,
but there are no means of reaching her before that awful step is
taken. Oh, Alice, Alice," he moaned, " why could you not have
faith ?" and as these words passed his lips, a tear coursed slowly
down his face. No shame was there in that evidence of a heart-
deep sorrow, naught at which the unfeeling could demur — for surely
there is nothing so deeply affecting, so eminently grief-ful, as the
riven tears of a strong man.

" You could get there now, Tom, old boy," suddenly remarked,
from a corner, his brother Harry, as all started at the sound of his
voice ; for the youngster, frightened at what was taking place and
the affliction of his brother, had ensconced himself behind the
curtains in the window niche. " You could get there now," he con-
tinued, " if you could spin a bit, as you did when you thrashed the
beast for the Championship."

" How, how ?" quickly asked Tom.

"Why, ride, of course ; your machine is all right, I have only
been cleaning it this morning, and it is fit to go for a man's life."

" God bless you, Hal," said Tom. " Where is it ?"

" Go and slip into your togs," returned his brother, "you'll find
'em all in the old place, but they'll be rather tight. I'll have the
crock ready. Sprint ! you've got an hour and ten minutes to do the
15 miles and start."

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" I'll do it, or ride my heart out," replied Tom, as he vanished up
the stairs. In a few moments he reappeared clad in the uniform of
the Barmouth Bicycle Club, his face white with the deadly pallor of
a determination to risk all for the happiness of Miss Kelly and his
own, for well he knew that he alone possessed her true affection.

" Get up, Tom," said his brother, " you've got no time tolose."

" Good-bye, Mother ; good-bye, Kate."

" Good-bye, Tom," returned Mrs. Ruston ; " be careful, pray — do,
for my sake."

" Yes, Tom," continued his sister Alice, " Kelly is not worth the
risk of your life — do take care."

" Now, Hal," cried Tom, and with a push off which would not
have disgraced a Sopper or retarded a Cortis, young Harry Ruston
sent forward his brother upon that 15 mile ride, the issue of which
was to brighten or begloom for ever his fresh young life. Who
could — or would, indeed — essay to portray the conflicting emotions of
our hero during this swift flight, which ever after marked an era in,
and stood out in the past, as the turning point of his life ? As he
flew along that road, what a tide of recollections rolled back on him
— recollections once sweet as honey, now turned to the bitterness of
gall as they mingled with the realisation of his present errand. Every
twig in the hedgerows, every fresh phase of the winding English
turnpike, was associated vividly in his mind with some incident
which flashed across his memory as if it had taken place but yester-
day. But now, as the tenth milestone whirled by, he began to feel
the want of that peculiar training, without which no man can hope
to become a bicyclist pur et simple. His muscles felt like bars of
iron, and his whole body ached with the violence of his exertions.
Should he be in time — in time to avert that baleful union ? The
hills, those cruel rises up which in the past he had so often shown
the way, now appeared to be nearly insurmouniable. " Oh, for a lead,
for a lead!" he gasped, as he gained the summit of Horse Shoe
clump — the most trying on the road, and two miles from that church
where he knew she now must be standing at the altar with the man
who had, near this Very spot, attempted his life in the dead of night,
two years ago. Perhaps, by this time, she had become his wife, and
was lost to him for ever. The thought was madness, death ; and
summoning all his remaining energies, he rushed the last mile down
the, straight to the church as if he was riding a London Handicap
with the desperate energy of a scratch man. "Alice, Alice," he
moaned, as, but two hundred yards from the gate, a sickening
giddiness seized him, and he swerved dangerously across the road.
With the energy of despair he steadied the machine, and nearly
fainting, fell, rather than dismounted, before the church. The
machine dropped with a clang in the roadway, and the crowd, await-
ing in the churchyard the appearance of the bridal party, gazed with
horror at the spectacle presented to them. A cyclist, whose features
they knew not, covered with dust, his face of a deadly whiteness,
and utter exhaustion marking his features, was entering the church.

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As he gained the porch, so great was the silence that the words of
the minister within were plainly audible. " Wilt thou have this man
to thy wedded — "

The door opened with a crash, and all within rose to their feet at
the interruption. Up the aisle rushed Tom, with a cry of " Alice, I
am here," his arms outstretched towards the veiled figure at the
altar.

"Tom !" and with a piercing cry the girl swooned in her father's
arms.

A chilly autumn evening, and with closely drawn curtains, in a
bright, cheerful, and cosy sitting-room, are a young husband and a
younger wife. Is it too much to ask, dear reader, to recognise in them
Tom and Alice Ruston, nee Kelly? It is the anniversary of that
never-to-be-forgotten day when, by the indescribable exertions of the
man at her side, the girl was saved from a fate worse than death.
The evening of this day, as it returns yearly in the cycle of time,
they have set apart for the communion of their hearts, and never do
they intend to permit any intrusion on its sacred privacy.

" Oh, Tom," murmured his young wife, as she pressed her lips to
his forehead, " With what a terrible vividness does the recollection
of that awful day return to me to-night ; but for you, but for
you, I — "

" Hush, my darling," answered her husband, " Do not let us
think of the sorrow it might have caused, but rather remember with
gratitude the happiness it has brought us. Truly, though at the
time, may-be, the Fates appeared harsh to us, yet we must be grate-
ful^ for the fact that the thread was not severed ; though," and as he
spoke his features became set with an expression altogether
indescribable, "never while I live shall I cease to remember my ' Ride
for a Wife.' "

THE END.

Trying to get a bicyclist to join B.T.C., he said that he had not
the opportunity of touring. " How's that ?" " Oh, I've got a wife
and family." "Oh! I see you want a family tricycle?" "No
thank you. I think that is one of the advantages of a bicycle ; with
it you can go out alone, and it is in itself an excuse for not taking
'the better half.' " Moral ! Let those bicyclists, who are apt to go
wrong, not be in a hurry to part with their old friend the bi. This is
one more for bi., re bi. v. tri.

The "Htjmbeb" Bicycle (Manueactubebs— Htjmbeb, Mabbiott & Coopeb: Wobks
— -Beeston, Notts).— This celebrated machine is undeniably the fastest, lightest and
strongest used on the racing path. The fastest one and two miles on record, also the
greatest distance in one hour (18| miles 210 yards), have been accomplished upon them. As a
roadster the "Humber" is undeniably miles faster in a day's journey, and more durable than
any other machine manufactured. The fact that the "Humber" bicycles are now almost
exclusively ridden by all bicyclists of distinction at the Universities and throughout the
United Kingdom, is sufficient evidence of their superiority over all others. Samples are on
view at the London Depot, 78, Bichmond Koad, West Brompton. Price lists and testimonials
free on application.— Advt.

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TO A FRIENDLY CYCLE.

The season is over for tours, trips, and trundles,

Many miles, my old friend, together went we.
Just cull a few memos, from memory's bundles,

Come tot up the total ! How much it will be ?
Let us chat about cycling, — the ways and the weather,

The smiles of sweet sunshine, and wet and its woes ;
Of dogs, roughs, and urchins demented together,

And give old Macadam a tread on his toes.
In earliest springtime we missed no occasion,

And twilight and moonlight oft tempted us out ;
But when it was cloudy I wanted persuasion,

Though you never showed the least tinge of a doubt.
We could not trust forecasts — that weatherwise beast errs —

When we trusted to chance we met with bad luck,
For right in the teeth of those biting nor' easters,

Like a pig 'tween gate-bars we struggled and stuck.
But you carried me grandly all through our rambles,

And carried me safely the whole season through ;
Down those loose flinty hills in Wilts, we'd such scrambles-

You danced o'er them firmly, what more could you do ?
And you, ever staunch friend, hope's best smiles reflected,

No church congregation better plated than you ;
But rain dims your lustre, and comes unexpected,

And willows more weeping than sheltering do.

Then we rose with the lark, but the lark went much higher ;

Had breakfast betimes, number one — by the bye,
Early cyclists are like th' early birds we admire,

Enjoying the fragrance that gladdens the eye.
We could dwell on the glories that halo the morning

When its first dewy freshness in summer is seen ;
The beauties of Eden, chaste nature adorning,

Lifts the heart heavenward — makes the appetite keen.
Away through the green woods, with melody ringing,

Past parks and past meadows, where sweet clovers smell :
A swim in the Wey, on our way, sets us swinging —

But it's not the Bath road, all cyclists know well.
We visited many " out-the-way" places,

Where rustics were pleased, unregarded to use
Expressions — as expressionless as their faces, —

Of cycling delights airing sceptical views.
To the Hampton Court Meet we went with the monkeys,

With Whitsuntide wretches were caught in the rain ;
Went down to the Derby with drags and with donkeys,

And a pilgrimage made to Salisbury Plain.

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Into Sussex and Kent, when we sped for the briny,

And sunny old Surrey, so many times through ;
The famed Ripley road, with its hostelrie tiny —

Sure to find Mog near, and other cracks too.
We haunted Valhalla, where phantoms may revel,

Dear old Hants ! we so liked her very nice ways ;
Round the rim of the punch-bowl, claimed by the devil —

A bit of perfection that beggars all praise.
Though the beauties of Kent have cyclists enraptured, •

The pearls of East Grinstead must peerless remain ;
And lovers of nature, whose hearts have been captured,

Must own that the source of their pleasure was Payne.
Farewell for a while to bright scenes, where the rider

Loves best to disport on his marvellous wheel,
To " soda with milk," or with lemonade cider,

Lubricant nectars, in the " land of the leal ;"
Esthete lemonade — worst of all sloppy swindles —

Mere ditchwater, stirred with the tail of a mouse ;
No process yet known effervescence enkindles

A sixpenny sell at a B.T.C. house.

And we don't much admire the Touring Club tariff,

It's often beyond what the unattached pay ; —
Of such hotels they may give a list — ah ! if

They would, then keep agreements out of the way.
Cheer up, dear old fellow ! would you rather be going ?

You look a bit dull — as sedate as a stork ;
It's slow work and ticklish, when freezing and snowing,

As well try to eat turtle soup with a fork.

Don't mope like a Mormon, or glum " goody, goody," —

Double tricycles now are perfect, they say,
With a mother-in-law, through scenes fair and woody,

Her chat, most enchanting, would brighten the way.
And now ends our confab — our rhyme retrospective,

As you are at rest, and the festal tide near,
Let us wish the wheel world — all cycling collective,

A right, merry Xmas ! — a happy new year !

<( Aout," B.T.C.

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HOW THE WHEEL WORLD "WAGS."

HE truly phenomenal fortnight which has blessed us during
the early part of November will long be remembered by
Metropolitan wheelmen — I know not how provincials
have fared — whose astonishment at the sudden upshot of
the mercury, from its depressed condition on the first to its elevated
height on the third, of the usually foggy and cold month, was only
modified by the recollection of Mother Shipton's prophesy, which
foretold the end of the world to be near at hand, so that any unusual
climatic disturbances were not surprising. Up to the moment of
writing, however, the little, planet upon which we ride seems to be in
much about the same state of health as usual, and there appears to
be every probability that on January the first, eighteen hundred and
eighty-two, every denizen of this sphere will be fully satisfied that
the only meaning attaching to the old woman's prediction that " the
world to an end shallcome in eighteen hundred and eighty-one," had
reference to the run of the play called The World, at Drury Lane
Theatre, which certainly has come to an end in 1881.

Prophets and prognostications apart, the delightfully warm and
fine weather during the first half of November has upset one more
of the cherished traditions of this effete old country, and, instead of
bicycles being stowed away for the winter by the butterfly con-
tingent, whilst club running was confined to the hardy Highburies,
the stalwart Star, and the few other hybernating clubs — whose pride
it is that they ride all the year round — we have had the spectacle of
swarms of riders flitting about the roads in the finest of weathers,
with a bright moon at night shining clearly through the unclouded
sky ; a state of things in striking contrast to the raw-nosed few
enthusiasts who usually comprise the sole out-door representatives
of bicycling during the dark, dismal, dank, and foggy days and
nights which November has hitherto been characterised by. Ah !
truly, there are redeeming features in the eccentricities of even that
individual whom I am so prone to abuse, the clerk of the elements,
and I must really be grateful to him for giving us such an unprece-
dented spell of warm days in the winter time, if not for the sake of
the rides I have enjoyed, at least for the opportunity of making a
paragraph or two out of them — which, in these silly times, is a con-
sideration, certainly.

The topic of the past month, after the phenomenal weather, has
been the vagaries of Mister Paget, who would appear to be seized by
an additionally acute attack of cyclophobia every October ; at any
rate, it was just one year after the Sledgehammersmith magistrate's
peculiarities had given rise to such indignation in the wheel press,
that the Bicycle Union took up the defence of some members of the
Centaur and Zephyr clubs who had been summoned by the police
for furiously riding in Hammersmith ; the old game of exaggerating
the pace was played by the guardians (sic) of our liberties, and the

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unsupported testimony of one man who had received no education
in the art of judging pace, was implicitly believed, in preference to
the asseverations of the bicyclists, whose riding must have taught
them how to calculate speed infinitely better than the policeman
could have done. And the viciousness of the Hammersmith stipen-
diary was proven again by the readiness which he displayed to fine
every one of the defendants the highest penalty in his power. For
the benefit of any of my readers who do not happen to have read the
reports, I subjoin a suppositious report, which is a fair specimen of
the average, certainly not more exaggerated than the evidence of the
police.

At the Sledgehammersmith Police Court, on the 31st November,
1881, John Smith, William Robinson, Thomas Brown, and. James
Jones appeared to answer summonses charging them with furiously
riding bicycles on the wood pavement the previous evening. Police-
constable Z.Y.X., 4002, deposed that he was on duty the previous
evening, and saw the defendants riding at a rate of forty miles an
hour ; he walked after them and overtook them in Low Street, taking
them to the station handcuffed. Cross-examined by the defendants,
the constable said he was quite sure the defendants were riding at a
pace of eighty miles an hour, and he almost shook the creases out
of his uniform-trousers in the effort to overtake them ; he could
swear they were travelling at a rate of three hundred miles an hour.
P.c. Z.Y.X., 4003, corroborated this evidence, saying that he was
at the London Docks at the time, and distinctly saw the defendants
travelling in Low Street, Sledgehammersmith, at a rate of five
hundred miles an hour. For the defence, the defendants called a
number of independent householders in Sledgehammersmith, who
deposed that the bicyclists were travelling at the slowest pace com-
patible with the preservation of their equilibrium, viz., at about
three miles an hour. The defendants also said it was a practical
impossibility to drive a bicycle at .the rate alleged, but Mr. Raget
interrupted, and said that that had nothing to do with the case, and
that he should refuse to hear any more evidence for the defence ; he
was heartily sorry that the law did not permit him to send the de-
fendants to penal servitude for life ; as it was, he should fine them
the highest amount in his power, namely, forty shillings and costs
each, or, in default, a month on the treadmill.

By the way, I have sometimes noticed that a bicyclist riding at
night with a hub-lamp looks as though he was going much faster
than if he had a head-lamp, the swinging of the former tending to
give the pace an accelerated appearance. If I am correct in this
surmise, bicyclists under Mr. Paget's jurisdiction might take the
hint, and use head-lamps only.

The racing season has come to a decided close, and still- Metro-
politans are without a racing path of their own, and the matter of
athletic clubs and private proprietors' tracks grows constantly more

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perplexing. Stamford Bridge " Boycotted," because of the L.A.C.
officials' disgusting treatment of the bicycle clubs, whose money they
exist upon ; Lillie Bridge widely hated, because of its corners ; the
Crystal Palace not in great favour, because of the impossibility of
obtaining good "gates;" the Alexandra Palace, in its chronic state of
badness, as well as suffering from a similar state of affairs as prevails
at the Southern palace, whilst the oft-repeated promises of relaying
the track cannot be depended upon, and even if the track should be
relaid the knowledge of managerial discourtesy always- militating
against its popularity ; Surbiton too far away from town to be of
much use ; such, oh ! happy provincials, is the benighted condition
of the London racing-men whose fame is so great, and such will
remain their condition, until some energetic spirit arises in our midst
to wake us up to the paramount necessity of having a track of " our
very own."

Looking abroad, we have to congratulate the Bristol club, a mem-
ber of which — Mr. W. Smith — has won the amateur championship
of America, in addition to lowering the previous best times on record t
for that boastful country, to which the veteran " Carte de Visitesy"
intends to make a journey ere long, doubtless with an eye to achiev-
ing bests on record as easily as he did for the distances from fifty-one
to a hundred miles, at Surbiton, last month. If I had any ambition
to shine as the holder of a best-on-record, I should now go down to
Surbiton and try to ride one hundred and one miles ; if I succeeded
in doing which, I should, of course, possess the record for that
distance, no matter how long it took me to accomplish, for the very
simple reason, that there is no record of the distance ever having
been ridden before. But, thank fate, I was not built with the bump
of ambition so abnormally developed as that would signify, so I will
e'en content myself by taking little twenty and thirty mile spins on
odd days throughout the winter, and thus obtain the maximum of
pleasure compatible with the minimum of exertion requisite to drive
through the oceans of misplaced matter now to be found on the
•surfaces of all the highways and byeways.

Socials, dinners, and dances ; dances, dinners, and socials ;
dinners, socials, and dances ; varied only by dances, socials, and
dinners. Such is the fare upon which clubs are existing, forcibly
reminding us of the humorist's description of his boyhood's days
on a rice plantation : — " Week days, we had rice for breakfast, and
rice for dinner, but for supper we had rice ; then on Sundays we
had rice, and if anybody came to visit us, then we had rice. Ah,
but on Good Friday we had rice ;. but then once a year, on Christ-
mas day, we had rice ! and if any of us was sick, we were fed with
rice ; but now and then, as a great treat, we had rice." If this is
not a pretty accurate picture of the prevalent fashion of those
cyclists who delight in seeing and being seen at club socials, my
experience in past years must go for naught. As to dinners, they

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will usually act as their own antidote, only such wheelmen as really
like to eat big banquets, and sit out long prosy-speechifying evenings,
going to them with any frequency. But the dancing department is
undoubtedly the most favourably looked upon of all methods of
winter recreations, and since an evening's dancing gives as
much exercise to its votaries as an evening's riding would do,
Terpsichorean amusements are at once the most rational and mosc
popular of all forms of winter organisation. Gymnastics please
many, and are undoubtedly wholesome and sensible forms of
recreation, but the social amenities of life cannot be exchanged in
the gymnasium with that facility which the ball-room affords.

Mention of gymnastics reminds me that in a few days — just before
this is published, in fact — the Lewisham club will hold their first
assault-at-arms at New Cross, and as I hear that the Canonbury
gymnasts are going to lend a helping hand in the display, as well
as putting a couple of teams in for the tug-of-war, the affair has a
very roseate appearance.

Seventy-four tricyclists is not at all an insignificant muster for
the closing run of the Finchley T.C., which took place on the 29th
October, and afforded a striking proof of the strong hold which this
club has upon the sympathies of North Londoners, no matter what
may be the prevalent opinion on the subject of the club's, racing
policy.

The same day, a large, number of bicycle clubs had their closing
run to Barnet, where the Old Salisbury was invaded by about two
hundred riders, which number, irrespective as it was of the hundred
or so tri. and bi-cyclists located at the Red Lion, showed a remark-
able contrast to the previous Saturday's state of things at the
" Old Sal.," five members of one club having then had sole
possession of the premises. On the latter occasion the good folk at
the " popular pub." might well have said, with Pope — " I lisp'd in
numbers, for the numbers came /"

Australia, with its mere handful of riders, has already a bicycling
newspaper ! Happy land ! Happy editor, too, to preside over the
fortunes of a paper in a country where the winter is never severe
enough to stop riding, so that there is no " silly season," such as
now renders it a task of difficulty to find subjects floating round the
wheel world as that orb revolves in its orthodox course around its

"Axis."

The Civilian says :— " The Christmas Annual, Icycles, is well worth the perusal of fall
classes, containing as it does a large mass of very readable matter. It is, however, to the
athlete, and -above all the bicyclist, that it chiefly appeals, for in its pages are to be found
numerous articles to aid in passing a quiet hour, among which we must call particular
attention to one on ' Dark Biding,' from the forcible pen of ' H. B. B.,' in which that too
prevalent system of 'roping' is shewn up. There is also a large fund of useful information,
including the history of the Bicycle Union, racing of 1880, the work of the Touring Club,
and amateur records, as well as a list of the doughty deeds of that prince of riders, Mr. H.L.
Cortis. On the whole, Icycles is well got up, and we can conscientiously recommend it as a
companion to our numerous readers who take an interest in bicycling."

6o THE WHEEL WORLD.

CYCLING CELEBRITIES.

No. 4. W. E. N. Coston.

HE gentleman whose features are delineated on the opposite
page is one of the best all-round athletes the Southern
provinces possess, being one of those who " has a go in"
for everything in the way of sport. Mr. Coston holds at
present the Amateur Championship of Hampshire for walking, as
well as bicycling. He commenced the latter sport in 1876, and
within four months of his acquirement of the art, succeeded in
placing a record to his name which was for a long time untouched,
riding in company with Mr. Smythe, of East Lynn, from that town
to Wisbech and back eight times, a total distance of 205 miles on
the turnpike road, which they accomplished in 22 hours. Himself a
member at that time of the Lynn B.C., Mr. Coston secured the club
championship in the following year ; and in 1880, going to South-
ampton, he joined the club there and again proved himself best man
at 10 miles, repeating the performance in the present year, in addition
to which he has competed in 31 handicaps — all on grass — winning
17, and securing 6 seconds and two-thirds out of the rest. Pedes-
trianism, even more than bicycling, secures the attention of " the
Southern Scorcher," and it is in this branch of athletics he has made
the best mark, having beaten the best amateur time on record, in
miserable weather, in a walk of 30 miles, throughout almost the
whole of which the rain fell, making the track extremely bad going.
For this performance the L.A.C. presented him, in addition to the
first prize, with a silver cup and medal. He commenced walking in
1879, and, out of 15 handicaps and two scratch races, has won 14
first prizes from scratch and one second, being implaced only in one
event — excepting his walk on Boxing Day of the present year, when,
whilst attempting to walk 21 miles in 3 hours, he was disqualified.
In swimming, too, W. E. N. C. has come to the fore, having won
4 firsts and 3 second prizes in that class of competition. Mr. Coston
was born at Lynn, in Norfolk, stands 5ft. iof in. in height, and scales
when in full training list. gibs. With those who have the pleasure
of his acquaintance he is a favourite, being a capital companion, and
is consequently most popular with the members of the Southampton
Bicycle and Athletic Clubs, in both of which he is a prominent
member. Throughout Hampshire and for many miles around he is
well known for an entire freedom of that affected superiority which
is too often assumed by some athletes, and his unfailing courtesy
and bonhommie to all is one of the secrets of his great popularity.

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62 THE WHEEL WORLD.

DIMINUTIVE DRAMAS.

No. i.
THE COMMITTEE MEETING.

Scene : Private Room in the Superb Hotel, Dirthampton. Time,
7.30 p.m.

Enter Energetic Honorary Secretary, L.U.E., in a hurry and an
ulster.

E. Sec. : No one here, of course. Just like the fellows ! (Rings
bell, pokes fire, and lights a cigar.) I suppose I musn't expect them
before eight. (Enter Waiter.) Bring me pen and ink, please, and
the Evening Slasher. (Exit Waiter.)

Energetic Secretary makes a great show of opening minute-book,
arranging papers, etc. (Enter Waiter with newspaper.) The E. S.
buries himself in it, and does not emerge until the clock strikes eight.
(Enter Captain.)

E. Sec. : How are you, Ted ? Late again !

Cap. : All right, old man. Very sorry. Had an appointment.
No one else turned up yet ?

E. Sec. : No. I never knew such fellows in my life ! It seems
perfectly impossible for them to keep time.

(Enter three Committee-men, wrapped in overcoats and wreathei in
smiles.)

ist Com. : How do ? Sorry I'm late !

2nd Com.: Sorry I'm late. How-d'ye-do?

3RD Com.: My dear fellow, I'm awfirtly sorry. Couldn't possibly
get away before, don't you know !

E. Sec. : Well, there are five of us here now, any way. That's
a quorum. Let's begin. It's no use waiting for the others. I
propose that the captain takes the chair.

2ND Com. : I second that.

Cap. : No, I shan't. Let some one else.

E. Sec. : Don't be a duffer ! We shall never get done to-night, at
this rate. The Captain is in the chair, gentlemen. I will now read
the minutes of our last meeting. " Committee Meeting, head-
quarters, November 7th, 1881. Members present, etc., etc., etc."
(Reads minutes as if his main object is to get them done as quickly as
possible, and to be as unintelligible as he conveniently can.) Those
gentlemen who are in favour — please hold up one ? Thanks !
(pushing book over to Captain.) Please sign.

Enter Committee-man.

Omnes : How are you, old fellow ?

4.TH Com. : All right, thanks. Sorry I'm late. Couldn't get away
before. Can't stop long.

E. Sec. : The chief business of this evening, gentlemen, is the
annual dinner. I should be glad if you would express your opinions
on the subject.

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ist Com. : On what date are we to hold it ?

E. Sec. : That is for you to settle this evening.

Cap. : I propose that the fixing of a suitable date be left to the
secretary.

4th Com. : I second that. But I must be off, or I shall miss my
train. Sorry I have to leave so early ! Good-night. (Exit.)

E. Sec : Oh ! bother ! What's the use of coming at all, if you
only stop half-a-minute ?

Cap. : It has been carried that the secretary fix date. Now about
price of tickets. I think they should be five shillings.

ist Com. : I say two-and-six.

2nd Com. : Not enough. I should suggest seven-and-six.

3RD Com. : Too much. Say three-and-six !

E. Sec : Well, which is it to be, gentlemen ?

ist Com.: I propose that we leave it to the secretary.

Cap. : I second that. Hands up, please. Carried unanimously.
Anything else ?

E. Sec : Well, there's the Chairman. The President can't come.
Who are we to have ? Please suggest.

Cap. : What do you say to the Borough Coroner ?

ist Com.: Or the Editor of the Slasher!

2nd Com. : I vote we ask Lord Nimcompoop.

3RD Com. : I think we had better leave it to the discretion of our
secretary. I formally propose that we do so.

Cap. : I second that. Vote, please. Thanks ! Carried unani-
mously.

2nd Com.': I say, yon know that article that appeared in the

Whirligig last week ? Well, Smythkin declares that he (They

talk about Smythkin and the Whirligig for about ten minutes.)

E. Sec : (Suddenly.) I say, you fellows, this isn't business.
Bother Smythkin ! Why hasn't he turned up ? What clubs are
we to invite to the dinner ?

Cap. : Not the Dashaway, certainly.

ist Com.: Why not? They are as good as the Crawlabout,
any day.

2nd Com.: I agree with the captain.

3RD Com. : Don't forget the Saracen. But I think it will be best
if we leave the invitations to the secretary.

Cap. : I second that. Please vote ! Carried nem. con.

E. Sec : It strikes me you are heaping on the responsibility. I

don't quite see any one got a match? why I should have

I thanks, old fellow to do all the bother it ! out again !

settling my thanks self.

2nd Com. : Oh ! you'll do it best. Too many cooks, you know.

ist Com.: I say, boys, Brownrigg has been putting his foot in it,

with the Union. Last Saturday he (They converse affably for

a quarter of an hour, and consume various glasses of beer, and pipes

of tobacco.)

'■ E. Sec : ( With a start.) Confound it all ! This sort of thing

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will never do. Leave Brownrigg until after the meeting. Are we
to make arrangements for songs, and a man to play the piano ?
Cap. ; Certainly. ' Only don't ask Edkins to warble.

ist Com.: I'll sing, if you like.

2nd Com.: (Aside to E. Sec.) He ain't got a voice. It's like a
half-baked cow dying.

3RD Com. : Surely the secretary is the best man for drawing up a
programme ? I propose that we leave it to him.

Cap. : I second that. Hands up ! Carried.

E. Sec. : How much more do you mean me to do ? Now, about
speeches. Of course, the chairman proposes " Success to the club,"
and the captain responds.

Cap.: Not I; I never did such a thing in my life! (To E. Sec.:)
You do it.

E. Sec : Of course not. You've got to do it, so don't be an ass.
(To ist Com.:) You'll have to propose the " Visitors."

ist Com. : Oh, get out ! Well, I'll do my best.

E. Sec : I haven't thought of any other toasts yet.

Cap. : Well, think of some. Of course,-we leave it to you. No
need to vote on it. Anything else ?

E. Sec : Heaps ! Shall the tickets be paid for in advance, or
during dinner ? Shall we ask the " Press ?" Shall we hold the
dinner here ? How many tickets shall I send each member ? Had
I better get some special menu cards printed ? What is the best
time for a dinner ? Six ? or seven ? or six-thirty ? or what ? Shall

I hire a piano ? and a man to play it ? Shall I (The E. Sec.

goes 071 with his questions for some considerable time, during wliich
the members of committee re-fill their pipes, and dip into the evening
papers.)

3RD Com. : I think it will be much the best way if we leave all
these little matters of detail to our worthy secretary. In fact, I
propose that we do so.

Cap. : I second that ! Hands ! Thanks ! Carried unanimously.
Anything more ?

E. Sec : I have received a most impudent letter from the Captain
of the Three Castles B.C. (reads it.)

ist Com. : What cads !

2ND Com. : Give them a " warmer" in reply.

E. Sec : But what shall I say ?

Cap. : Oh ! what you like ; you know best. We feel quite safe in
leaving it in your hands. Is that all ? I must be going (all rise.)

E. Sec : Hold hard ! We haven't had a vote of thanks to the
Chairman, for presiding.

Cap. : (Going) Oh ! never mind that.

E. Sec : Must have one — to stick in the minutes, don't you
know ? Gentlemen, I propose a vote of thanks to our Chairman, for
so ably fulfilling his duties.

Cap. : I second that. No, I can't, of course. Excuse the slip,
please.

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ist Com. : I'll do it, with pleasure.

Cap. : Who's coming my way ?

2nd Com. : I am ; but let's go and have a drink first. Good night.
Exeunt Captain and two Committee-men.

3RD Com. : I say, old fellow, I've got a rattling good idea about
the club, and if you can spare half an hour-

E. Sec. : Oh ! hang it all, man ! not now, for goodness' sake !
Wait until this confounded dinner is over, and then we'll talk about
it as much as you like.

3RD Com. : {Huffily.) Oh ! very well, then. I don't mind. Of
course, it is of no importance. (Exit, in a temper.)

E. Sec. :■ Now, I have offended him. That makes another enemy.
Might just as well have had no meeting at all. (Scribbles vigorously
for a few moments, fills and lights his pipe, and then gazes vacantly
at the fire.) What a thing it is to be a Secretary ! (Sighs deeply,
jumps up, wraps a large, white comforter round his throat, struggles
into his ulster, crams papers into bag, upsets ink-bottle on table-cloth,
swears softly to himself, wipes it up with pocket-handkerchief , and
then exit hastily.)

Solemn Music
Curtain.

"BAB YARDLEY."

A BICYCLE RIDE.

On a beautiful sunshiny morning

Jump'd I on my bicycle steed.
Behind me I left busy London,

And on to the country did speed.
The song-bird's rich music was trilling;

The lark sang his sweet lay of love,
As he circled so high in the heavens,

Loud praising his Maker above.
Now 'tis down through a sweet verdant valley

Spin I with the greatest of ease,
Past brooklets all shining so brightly,

O'ershadow'd by waving oak trees.
Up hill to the village I hied me,

Where chubby young rustics came out,
And evinced much surprise at my progress,

Indulging in laugh and in shout.
You may talk of your four-in-hand coaches,

And Nimrods may boast of the hunt,
I'll stick to my bicycle firmly,

And show them the way to the front.
There's no joy, on a sunshiny morning,

Can compare with a bicycle ride.
Early breakfast, then jump in the saddle,

As Nature peeps forth as a bride.

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A CENTRAL EUROPEAN TOUR.

By C. R. Maddox.

The following is a summary of a tour through RhinelancL
Bavaria, Austria, Bohemia, Saxony, &c, carried out during the past
summer by Mr. Charles R. Maddox, hon. sec. of the Wanderers
Bicycle Club, and Representative Councillor B.T.C. ; and Mr. S.
Fletcher, hon. sec. of the Kent B.C.

Route. — Cologne, Bonn (21 miles), Godesberg (5 miles), Coblenz
(28 miles), St. Goar (24), Bingen (20), Rudesheim (4), Wiesbaden
(23), Frankfort (30), Offenbach (5), Aschaffenburg (21), Esselbach
(28), Wurzberg (30), Nuremberg (65), Neumarkt (28), Ratisbon (43),
Waldmunchen (50), Pilsen (52), Beraun (40), Prague (21), Schlan
(25), Topiitz (40), Tellnitz (10), Dresden (36), Gossenhayn (20),
Liebenwerda (34), Potsdam (80), Berlin (20). Total distance
ridden, 803 miles. Distance travelled out and home, about 2,000
miles.

Roads. — Good, and very good all the way to Beraun (517 miles),
then bad, and not good, for 86 miles to Topiitz ; then excellent all the
way to Berlin. Very hilly — even mountainous — in the Spessart
district, Bavaria ; in the Bohmerwald, Bohemia ; and in Saxon
Switzerland.

Scenery. — Very beautiful on the Rhine and in Saxon Switzerland,
exceedingly grand in the Spessart and some parts of Bohemia,
picturesque in Bavaria, and tame round Berlin.

Hotels. — Cologne, Du Dome ; Bonn, Belle Vue ; Godesberg, Zum
Adler ; Coblenz, Belle Vue ; St. Goar, Rheinfels ; Bingen, Victoria ;
Frankfort, Du Nord ; Esselbach, Zum Lamm ; Wurzberg, Kron-
prinz ; Nuremberg, Bayerischer Hof ; Neumarkt, Goldenen Gans ;
Ratisbon, Drei Helmen ; Pilsen, Kronprinz Rudolph ; Prague,
Schwarzes Ross ; Schlan, Post ; Tellnitz, Griiner Baum ; Dresden,
Goldenen Ring ; Liebenwerda, Post ; Berlin, Du Pare.

Remarks. — The tour is one that can be recommended to anyone
desiring a route which shall combine good roads with fine scenery
and interesting towns. The machines ridden were, by Mr. Maddox,
a 56m. light plated " Rudge ;" and by Mr. Fletcher, a 53m. plated
" D.H.F." Both did their work admirably.

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A RIDE THROUGH BRITTANY.

Throughout France, the 15th of August is kept as a holiday ; so
this year, as it fell on a Monday, I determined to have a good ride
up to Caen, through Brittany, by starting on Saturday, thus getting
i\ days' clear work.

Therefore, after 11 o'clock breakfast (the usual hour in this part of
France), I started from St. Hilaire, and passing through Saumur (3
kilometres), Vernantes (22 kil.), and Noyant (36 kil.), I reached Le
Lude (52 kil.) at 2.35 p.m., where I made my first dismount, and
indulged in -my first cup of cold coffee, for this is the bicyclist's best
drink out here, where milk is not easily procurable.

The road from Saumur to Vernantes is hilly, but the surface is
good throughout, so that there is no need to toil up hills on foot. I
may here remark, for information of those who may intend
taking a trip in France next year, that I have never come across an
unrideable hill, and although, doubtless, there are some, Muswell
Hill people would hardly be able to organise a competition about here.

From Vernantes to Le Lude the road is pretty level ; the road
gets light and sandy as you leave the department of Maine-et- Loire,
and enter that of the Sarthe. Le Lude, like so many French towns,
is paved ; therefore my watch marked 2.55 when I again resumed
the saddle outside the town. From Le Lude, the road was very
soft as far as Pontvallain (65 kil.), which I reached at 3.35, and
where I refreshed at the Hotel des Trois Marchands, one of those
old posting inns so clear to the hearts of cyclists. The landlady
appeared much astonished at the little wheel of my machine, saying
she was quite certain that the last time I was there I had only the
big wheel. After enlightening her darkness, I started again, passing
over good level roads by Chateau L'Hermitage (68 kil.), Pontibault
(85 kil.), and Pontlieu (95 kil.), to Le Mans (97 kil.), which I reached
at 5.30.

Le Mans is another paved town, and, consequently, one not loved
by cyclists. ; I had intended to dine here, but as I had another hour
to dinner I decided to push on to Beaumont-sur- Sarthe.

I had a refresher at the Grand Cafe, where I was at once recog-
nised as a native of perfidious Albion, for the waiter made a rush at
me with the Illustrated London News ; this is the first town, Paris
apart, where I have come across an English paper.

I reached Beaumont much later than I had intended. My previous
wanderings never having extended beyond Le Mans, I was unaware
that the road on the other side was such a series of stiff ups and
downs as I trust it will be no bicyclist's fortune to meet, especially
just when he wants his dinner. However, by dint of pulling at the
handles, I arrived there (123 kil.) at 7.30., and put up at the Hotel
de la Poste, with which choice I had every reason to be content.

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(N.B. — Nine times out often the old Hotel de la Poste is much more
comfortable and reasonable than any other hotel in the place, and
there is sure to be plenty of stabling accommodation for bi's and tri's.)

Beaumont is a pretty little place, well worth a dismount for half-
an-hour's stroll, by any cyclist who may happen to be passing
through it. It is entered over a pretty suspension bridge, whence
you get a charming view of the Sarthe, and this with some old
ruins, and queer funny old houses on the slope of a hill, complete a
picture, the equal of which one does not often meet.

After dinner, I went out to see what the place contained worth
seeing, but found that everybody seemed to turn in about nine, so
after taking my cafe, I was still hard up for something to do, as I
did not feel sleepy. So, enticed by a brilliant moon, I determined,
instead of sleeping here, to go on to the next place, Aleneon.
Accordingly I brought out my machine at 10.30, and reached
Aleneon (146 kil.) at 12 p.m., without mishap, except nearly running
into the barrier of a level crossing at the bottom of a hill, which I
saw only just in time to put my feet on the treadles and, with the
aid of a good brake, put up and avoid a smash.

. The road from Beaumont to Aleneon has a very good riding sur-
face, but is as hilly as from Le Mans to Beaumont. Aleneon is
another paved town. I wandered about some time in search of my
hotel, which at last I found by the aid of a small boy, who seemed
delighted to show the way to the bicyclist, and who turned round
every five yards to look at the machine, whereby bringing his nose
into close communication with the tyre. I slept at the Hotel de
France, which seemed comfortable.

Next day, Sunday, 14th, I left Aleneon at 4.55 p.m., with the
intention of breakfasting at Caen, but soon found that a change had
taken place in the weather, and that the wind was right against me.
However, after a good deal of hard work, I reached Sees
(167 kil.), paved as usual, and Argentan (190 kil.), paved, at 7.45.
Here my courage said adieu to me, and leaving my machine at the
station, I went for a stroll in the town during the hour I had to wait
for the train. However, after two cups of chocolate at the Hotel des
Crois Maries (for which I paid 2s.), my courage revived, and I began
to argue within myself that I had not started to go by train, but for a
bicycle trip ; so I fetched my machine from the station, and set out,
at 8.15, for Falaise (212 kil.), which I reached at 10.45, after many
struggles against hills and wind, neither of which were wanting.

The Hotel du Grand Cerf, at Falaise, where I 'breakfasted, can be
recommended. Falaise is paved. It was the great horse fair here,
and the town was full of horse dealers and horses, which appeared
very superior to what I am accustomed to see at Saumur, where the
country people seem always to be trying to solve the problem of
keeping a horse alive on nothing a day. I left Falaise at 11. 15, and

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passing through Langannerie and Bretteville, reached Caen (247 kil.)
at 2.20 p.m. From Falaise to Caen the road is almost flat, and cer-
tainly very interesting. It rained a little as I got near Caen, and I
was very glad to don my waterproof cape, which I always carry inside
Hillman's double-action spring — a hint for those who have this spring
on their machines. I made at once for the Hotel de Normandie,
the B.T.C. head-quarters at Caen, so well-known to cyclists, and
which I easily found, thanks to the information I had previously
received from the B.T.C. Consul, Capt. Luttman-Johnson.

After a good wash and clean up, I went forth to view the place,
but finding sight-seeing very slow work when' alone, I gave it up,
and turned into a comfortable cafe for a pipe and glass of cafe.
There I abided till about five, when I made for the avenue, where I
heard the band play, and found our consul, with whom I spent the
rest. of the day. I went early to bed, as I had a long day's work to
do next day.

On Monday, the 15th, I left Caen at 6.30 a.m., and rode home
again by the same road I came by, reaching St. Hilaire at 11 p.m.,
having accomplished my 247 kilometres (155 miles) in 16J hours,
about 13 of which were spent in the saddle, making the average
speed 20 kilometres (12^ miles) an hour; this shows what can be
done on French roads, which certainly are superior to English.

During the whole trip, I did not see a single bicyclist or bicycle
(except the B.T.C. consul at Caen). However, at Falaise and
Beaumont I was informed that three English tourists were ahead
of me. Those who passed at Beaumont were probably three mem-
bers of the Pickwick B.C., who afterwards rode through Angers and
Saumur, a few days later. I rode throughout a 54m. " D.H.F.
Premier," with ball bearings, which carried me excellently, as usual.

" Nomel."

BICYCLING IN AUSTRALIA.

One of our Melbourne subscribers sends us the following notes
about cycling in that district, which will, no doubt, be interesting to
our readers : — The quickest authenticated record, from Melbourne to
Kyneton and back on the same day, a distance of 104 miles by road,
was done in August last by Mr. W. S. Hazelton, a prominent mem-
ber of the Melbourne Club. Leaving town at 6 a.m. in the face of a
head wind, he reached Keilor, ten miles, by 7 a.m., and then followed
a monotonous ride over the plains, to Digger's Rest, 21 miles, which
was reached at 8.5, where a stoppage was made for breakfast.
Leaving Digger's Rest at 8.25, Mr. Hazelton reached Gisborne at
9.25, remained there for a quarter of an hour, and then continued
up-hill through the Black Forest to Woodend, which was reached at
eleven minutes past 10, and thence to Kyneton, arriving there at
12.15, and making a return start at six minutes past one. William

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Hazelton made very fast time to Gisborne, reaching that township
at nine minutes past three, Digger's Rest at four, Keilor at ten
minutes to five, and Melbourne at ten minutes to six. The actual
riding time was thus : — To Kyneton 5I1. 20m., and return, 4I1. 30m.
The road was in fair condition all through.

The Melbourne Bicycle Club had a very large muster on the
following Saturday, nearly thirty riders starting for Dandenong.
The road was exceedingly rough, in consequence of its having been
recently metalled, so, after riding carefully as far as Oakleigh, the
majority decided to return, while Messrs. Burston, Bell, Long,
Lister, Stokes, Buzzard, Sewell, and Armstrong made very fast
travelling as far as Spring Vale, on reaching which a short halt was
made, and, starting again, a steady pace was kept up to Dandenong,
reaching that township at ten minutes past five o'clock. On nearing
Dandenong the road improved very much, rendering the ride very
enjoyable. Buzzard, Lister, and Stokes returned to town in the
evening, while the remainder, staying at Dandenong for the night,
rose at half-past six the next morning for a twenty mile spin to
Cranbourne and back before breakfast. The pace out was a real
teaser, 'the ten miles occupying only forty minutes. After a rest of
twenty minutes, they rode leisurely back to Dandenong, arriving
there in time for breakfast. Melbourne was reached at two o'clock
in the afternoon, after riding against a strong head wind.

ELOPEMENT A LA MODE.

Shall I tell you, Oh ! my wheel friends ?

Lend to me attentive ear,
How one smiling summer morning,

As the mists began to clear,
Came my soft-eyed, dark-haired darling —

Rosy now, now pale with fear.

Yes, we met down by the orchard,
Laden trees bowed o'er our heads,

And my " Rucker " leant against one
Draped with sparkling spider threads ;

Through the hedgegrow, caught we glimpses
Of the bright geranium beds.

And you ask me why we met there

At that early morning hour ?
Why that blushing radiant maiden

Left so soon her cosy bower,
Tripping o'er the dewy grass blades,

Lovely slave to Cupid's power ?

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She was leaving home and guardian,

Leaving all for love and me,
When the sun rose high in heaven,

He, a wedded pair would see ;
And my heart was proudly beating,

Thinking of the bliss to be.
Dear old Frank, my friend, her brother,

Brought a stately " Salvo " round,
Sweeping down the leafy highway,

Swift and strong, without a sound ;
Close behind, his staghound, Juno,

Came with many a frolic bound.
Scarce was Lily safely mounted,

Ere we heard the deep-mouthed gong
Clanging with a frantic clamour

That betokened something wrong ;
And we heard the stern old Colonel

Shouting imprecations strong.
Pale, one moment, grew my darling,

But her brave heart never quailed,
She, no weeping, doubtful schoolgirl,

Love her gentle breast had mailed ;
And we raced away from Heathcote,

While her guardian stormed and railed.
Past the little reedy lakelet,

Dimpled o'er by rising trout ;
Down the highway, bathed in sunlight,

Where the conies frisked about —
Merle and mavis carolled blithely,

Putting all our fears to rout.
" Four miles off by winding bye-roads,

Stands the church of Lonewoodlee,
Where my college friend, Jack Dan vers,

Will unite my own to me.
He's the rector of the hamlet,

Where I hope, love, soon we'll be.
" And I've told him all our story,

How old Lascelles hates me sore,
And forbade thee e'er to see me,

Closed to me the Heathcote door ;]
How his cruel, heartless dealing

Made thee love me more and more."

On we sped with lightsome spirits,

Thinking all must soon be well,
Scarce a league remained before us,

As we paused in sheltered dell, —
Came the sound with startling clearness

Of a wheelman's ringing bell.

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Frank it was who bounded breathless

Down to earth by Lilly's side ;
" Colonel's coming, wild with fury,

Ne'er before was he defied,
Whilst they got his dog-cart ready,

Gad ! with rage he nearly died."
Gone the joyous lovers' dallying,

Put to flight by panting Frank ;
And we all rode hard and silent,

Urging on each willing crank.
How I loved the brave girl-daring

Heart so true that never sank.
Dashing through the wakening hamlet,

Quick the rector's house we sought,
And with loud halloo and bugle,

Danvers from his breakfast brought ;
All his fears and hungry protests

Setting breathlessly at nought.
Faint my mem'ry of our wedding,

Till the ring was on her hand,
And the downcast eyes upturning

Timidly my features scanned, —
Whilst the soft blush, mantling deeper,

All my eager passions fanned.
As we stepped into the churchyard,

Joined for ever, safe at last,
Face to face we met the Colonel,

Who had driven madly fast ;
Tracked us by our mingled wheel marks,

And the rustics we had passed.
" So, fair maiden ! this your meaning,

When you moved my senseless heart
To allow that cursed " Salvo " —

Jove ! the depth of woman's art !
Guileless visitor of paupers,

Splendidly you played your part — "
" By the God who reigns in heaven,

In whose hallowed ground we are,
Sneer once more at my dear wife, sir,

And to break your neck I'll dare ;
Money! — keep it, Colonel Lascelles,

Love and youth are better far.
" Think upon your own past story,

And the girl who loved your wealth,
Silly, fickle-hearted schoolgirl,

Full of youth and glowing health,
Bound to you, a crabbed roue —

Think upon her flight of stealth !

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" Keep your money, Colonel Lascelles,

We can live without your aid,
Heart to heart, in loving kinship,

Till in death's grim arms we're laid."
" Hark to Danvers calling, Lily !
Yes ! by Jove ! the coffee's made."
" Agonistes,"
Hampstead & London Scottish B.C.'s.
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THE LAW OF BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES.

]F a coach-and-four may be driven through an Act of Parlia-
ment, still more easy would it seem to be to drive a bicycle
through the same obstruction. So sharp an edge does the
vehicle present to the ground, that it might be imagined
capable of running all through between the lines of an Act of Parlia-
ment, in a copy of tolerably large print, without touching the text any-
where. Unfortunately, this theory is not borne out by the facts. We
believe there are three cases in which the bicycle, or its cousin with
one wheel more, has come before the Superior Court, and in one only
has it succeeded in escaping the effect of the Act of Parliament which
was in chase of it. The last of these cases is reported in the October
number of the " Law Journal Reports," under the title of Parkyns v.
■ Priest, and cannot fail to awaken sympathy with the owner of the
tricycle in question. Mr. Parkyns (Sir Thomas Parkyns, Bt., is
meant. — Ed. "W.W.") had been convicted by a magistrate of the
offence of improperly riding on a tricycle of very ingenious construction.
In the first place, it was fitted with the ordinary treadles, but pos-
sessed, also, an auxiliary steam engine, which was so cleverly arranged,
that neither in look nor sound did it appear to be other than an ordin-
ary tricycle. How it came to be discovered that Mr. Parkyns had
allied the powers of steam to those of muscle, when the ally was con-
cealed in a box of two feet by nine inches, and gave no sound, we are
not told ; but, in an incredulous age, the presence of the agency was
detected. It is also a mystery why it was considered necessary to
put on a light skirmisher like this such humiliating shackles as the
statute required. Nothing less than the application of the Locomo-
tives Act, 1869, would satisfy its enemies. It was, in the first
place, to be "driven or conducted " by at least three persons, one of
whom was to walk with a red flag sixty yards ahead. It was not to
I sound its whistle or open its taps — neither of which appliances did
it possess. It was not to blow off its steam, and various other pre-
cautions were to be taken to ensure the security of ordinary traffic
from the terrors of the steam tricycle. In fact, the machine was so
constructed as to have none of those terrors, and was capable of
being pulled up within a few yards, whether the steam was in use
or not. Still, was it not a " locomotive propelled by steam or any

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other than animal power ?" This was the inexorable definition of
the Act of Parliament ; and Lord Coleridge, Baron Pollock, and
Mr. Justice Manisty were obliged to say it was. The decision was
obviously sound in point of statutory construction ; but it cruelly
and unnecessarily clipped the wings of many a lover of rapid
motion. If a solemn procession of steam tricycles were formed as
near Westminster as lawfully may be, with the man in front with
his red flag, the man behind, and all in the strictest statutory fashion,
probably Parliament would be unable to resist so melancholy a
spectacle,, and would give relief.

The earlier of the two other cases is approached without an)- feel-
ing of sympathy for the bicycle. In Taylor v. Goodwin, 48 " Law J.
Rep." M.C. 104, the bicyclist was found going down Muswell Hill at
the rate of fourteen miles an hour. There were several passengers
on the road, and one was knocked down. When the delinquent
was brought before the Courts, it was contended on his behalf, that,
however furiously he ma}r have driven, he " was not driving any sort
of carriage" within the meaning of the Highway Act (5 & 6 Wm,
IV. c. 50). His counsel protested that he was not "driving" at all,,
but riding. On the other hand, the counsel for the Crown vouched
some profound etymology, on his side, as to the meaning of "car-
riage," and "drive." In the result, Mr. Justice Mellor and Mr. Justice
Lush decided that the present law was strong enough to deal with
reckless bicycles, and the conviction was affirmed. The third case
— that of Williams v. Ellis, 49 " Law J. Rep." M.C. 47 — seems to
have arisen from a too hasty generalisation from its predecessor.
As bicycles were carriages within the Highway Act, so, it
was argued, were they carriages within a Turnpike Act.
It is, however, one thing to be bound to proceed cau-
tiously in the road, and another to have to pay a tax. The Turn-
pike Act in question imposed a toll on " every carriage, of whatever
description, and for whatever purpose, which shall be drawn, or
impelled, or set or kept in motion by steam, or any other power or
agency than being drawn by any horse." It must be confessed that
a bicycle answers this definition as closely as that of the other two
statutes ; nor are we able to see the conclusiveness of Mr. Justice
Lush's argument that " a wheelbarrow or a perambulator" would be
liable to toll if a bicycle was. So much the worse, we should have
thought, for wheelbarrows, and, as for perambulators, they are
outside the pale of masculine sympathy. There is more weight in
the fact that, while a horse and cart are by the Act charged 6d., the
heading under which the bicycle was sought to be charged would
impose a toll of 5s. If the case of the steam tricycle had come
before the Court before the turnpike case, it would have been inter-
esting to ask whether the steam tricycle ought to pay toll. In fact,
the one success which bicycles and tricycles have scored in the law
Courts is the only one in which it is doubtful whether they ought to
have succeeded. Probably their legal status has by no means yet

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been exhaustively defined. So far as the law has been able to
classify them at present, they are carriages so as to have the guilt of
furious driving laid at their door ; they are not carriages if asked
to pay toll at a turnpike gate, but they are as much locomotives as
traction engines if they eke out their powers of endurance with
steam, be it ever so little, or ever so carefully stowed away. — Law
Journal.

LAW CASES DURING THE MONTH.

Mr. Bussey, of the Hampshire House Hotel, Poplar, sued a man
named Allcock, a foreman in the employ of Furze and Co., the
Whitechapel brewers, for £4, for damages to self and bicycle, caused
by defendant's reckless driving. Although the case appeared to be
in the bicyclist's favour, and the defendant himself had to be pursued
and even taken to the station before he would divulge his name, the
County Court Judge said the bicyclist should have dismounted, as
" they could twist about and get off ten times whilst a gentleman
was getting off his horse," and on this view he non-suited the
plaintiff.

On the 2 1 st November five cyclists, all lads, were brought up
before Mr. Paget, each rider being charged with riding furiously.
Despite assertions to the contrary, and in one instance a statement
that the rider had only learnt for three weeks, Mr. Paget fined each
youth 40s. and 2s. costs.

On the 1st November Mr. Richard William Holloway, the son of
a corn merchant, in Salisbury, summoned Mr. Thomas Jerome
Bennett, an excise officer stationed at West Dean, for using threat-
ening language towards him. It seems that the cyclist was
descending Whiteparish Hill, whilst the exciseman was ascending
it in a pony-trap. It is not certain who was in fault, as the evidence
was conflicting ; but the magistrates, in dismissing the summons,
suggested to the defendant the desirability of selecting his language
more carefully for the future.

Mr. Grumbridge and four other members of the Centaur B.C.,
when returning from a club run to Ewell, were " run in" by a
mounted patrol, named Dean. On Dean's unsupported testimony,
Mr. Paget fined each of the gentlemen named 40s., and 2s. costs —
the utmost limit of the law — notwithstanding that each member was
called, and denied on oath the soft impeachment of furious riding.
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What he is Doing. — When a man is riding a bicycle he looks
neither to the right nor to the left, but appears to be gazing about
five hundred years into futurity, as if trying to solve the problem of
the hereafterness of the unknowableness of the unknowable hereafter.
He is not, however. He is simply wondering, in case of a sudden
header, whether his skull would be split wide open, or if he would
escape with his nose mashed all over his face,

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JOTTINGS FROM THE EMERALD ISLE.

Can it be a fact that the prize for a certain race,, which was run
under a well-known club, has not been given ? I presume, on the
grounds that it was a walk over. If this be the reason, I hardly
think it fair, after allowing the gentleman to run, not to give him
the prize.

Sport known as the Dublin "Pink 'Un," does not appreciate
the engravings in last month's "W. W." It hopes that the artist will
not fall into the hands of the Lunacy Commissioners. I hope the
editor will take the " tip" by excluding anything of a like nature in
future.— [No doubt that critic was afflicted with a bad bilious attack
at the time, so we will forgive him. — Ed.]

A rumour has reached me to the effect that a certain club in
Dublin has had a split. I refrain from giving the name of the club,
as there may — and I trust — be no foundation for it.

Many of the readers of the "W. W." have no doubt heard the story
of the gentleman who, on visiting a saw mill and seeing (as he
thought) a saw without teeth, put his finger on it to feel the edge,
immediately losing his finger. He called the manager, and began to
explain the — to him — extraordinary affair. "Why," said he, "I
only done that ;" and suiting the action to the words he put another
finger on it — " and there, there, did you see that ? there is another
finger gone !" Now, if Mr. Clarke, who was invited by the
police to pay a visit to the court, and was introduced twice
in one week to the magistrate, had known this saw story,
it is more than likely that he would not have been troubled
with the second introduction. Mr. Clarke's case is this: — While
riding a bicycle on the Stillorgan Road, he was enticed, in a
weak moment, to take the path ; but barely was he on it, than
a "blue-coated guardian, &c," turned a corner, and took such an
interest in him that he introduced him to the magistrate, who told
him to pay 5s. The next day, while riding past the same place with
a friend, he rode upon the path "just to shew what he was fined
for," but the aforesaid guardian was on the alert, and very mildly
told him that he would give him another introduction : the result of
this was 10/- and a caution.

The third annual dinner of the Eglinton B.C. was held on the
1 6th ult., Mr. J. Lovell in the chair. The dinner arrangements were
very satisfactory, but I have reason to believe that it was not so
great a success as either of the previous dinners.

The programme, which was supplied by Goy, was pronounced by
every one to be " really very good," and I certainly must say that it
is the most original and appropriate programme that I ever saw.

Athcliath.

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Amongst the " pubs " would perhaps be a more appropriate
heading this week, having regard to the round of " Socials " and
other festivities which have now set in.

The Old Salisbury, at Barnet, saw a large muster of North
London clubmen within its portals, for a final wind-up, at the
beginning of last month. The Arions, Argyles, London Scottish,
Centaurs, and Stanleys being in great force.

Mr. Harvey has won the attendance prize of the Canonbury B.C.,
and it was awarded to him at the final tea of the season, at the
Cherry Tree, Southgate.

The Clarence men inaugurated their winter season on the ioth
November, with a supper at Lord's, when their popular captain, Mr.
Bath-and-Back Britten, was presented with a tea and coffee service,
to help to furnish his house on marriage.

The Anfield B.C. have been paper chasing very successfully down
in Lancashire during the past month. Prescot was the goal.

The Chelsea B.C. have determined to admit tricyclists ; so have
the Fulham, and the Essex T.C. have bodily joined the Essex B.C.,
which is now the E.B. & T.C.

The City of London " Socials," at the Champion, Aldersgate
Street, and the same club's dances, at Seyd's Hotel, Finsbury, each
on alternate Fridays, have proved great successes.

The Criterion B.C., at Silvertown, are now happy, as the Criterion
B.C., of Highgate, are " dead."

The Ferntowers have been dancing at Gloucester House, which
was placed at their disposal by Mr. J. Edmondson, their president.

Mr. C. A. Muddell, is the new hon. sec. of the Sydenham. Let
us hope he won't make one of the office — a muddle, we mean.

Mr. C. D. Vesey, of the Surrey, has been having a turn with the
old scythe-bearer, for ioo miles. He covered fifty in 3I1. 3m. 45s.,
and 100 in 6h. 45m. 54fs. There is no amateur record above 50
miles in any contested race.

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The Stanley B.C., who have a dramatic club formed amongst their
members, opened the ball with a performance at the Athenaeum on
the 22nd, but their piece de resistance will be in March, 1882, at St.
George's Hall, Langham Place.

The bicycle clubmen and others showed the hand of generosity last
month in subscribing £47 17s. 2d. to the O'Brien fund. Mr. O'B.,
it will be remembered, broke his neck off a tricycle a few weeks ago.

The Trafalgar B.C., which will always be associated with Gee
and the St. Alban's coach gee-gees, have unanimously decided to
join the Bicycle Union.

Two American clubmen — Messrs. Taylor and Thorndike — have
carried out a continental tour, extending from Dieppe via Paris,
Dijon, Geneva, Lausanne, Bale, Carlsruhe, Heidelberg, Frankfort,
Coblenz, and Cologne to Aix-La-Chapelle.

The Kent concert at the Alexandra Hall, Blackheath, on the 16th,
was a grand success, as was also the Belsize musical invitation
gathering on the same date, at the Kilburn Town Hall.

A number of clubs have gone in for the winter walks, which were
first inaugurated by the Temple two or three years ago. The Mar-
mion B.C., of Plumstead, actually " step it" in uniform.

The Stanleyites, who some time ago decided to admit tricyclists,
have determined, as a club, to purchase two tricycles — one double
and one single — for the use of membefrs.

Six members of the Atalanta have formed themselves into a com-
mittee of ways and means, and decided to purchase an Atalanta
" bus"' — i.e., a double tri.

The Ashton-under-Lyne B.C. have, unfortunately, had to mourn the
loss of their president, the Rev. Fielding Ould, a clergyman formerly
of Liverpool, but recently holding a benefice at Staleybridge. The
unfortunate gentleman fell off his bicycle under the wheels of a
waggon, which caused fatal injuries.

Penzance is, we believe, the last town in England, and the first to
those arriving from the Atlantic, but we can hardly congratulate the
local bi. club on changing their name from the " Penzance" to the
" First and Last B.C." It certainly wasn't the first, and we'll lay
long odds it won't be the last !

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$1* Down West, unfortunately, the principal portion of the cyclists
fail to show any enthusiasm in wheel matters. Most of the clubs
have long since discontinued for the season club runs ; individual
members, being afraid of the coming winter, have separated their
cycles into the most minute portions possible, daubed the wheels
with an excessive dose of mutton fat, cart-wheel grease, oleomar-
garine, or some other equally efficacious substitute — rendering the
polished parts thoroughly impervious to rust — removed the dissec-
tions to some remote corner, and now, comfortably reclined within
their parlour arm-chair, are inwardly longing for the coming Xmas
Nos. of wheel literature, so as to partially revive the deficiency of
cycling ardour, to wholly keep down the gout, and otherwise laugh
and keep thin.

There is a cycling club in Devonshire, whose refined members
pride themselves on the fact that they pose as the boss polite club in
the world. They are so fearfully polite to each other, that even if the
'courteous captain should happen to meet an acquaintance, and, in
discussing cycling matters, mention his own name as the head
official of the club, he immediately raises his own hat as a token of
respect and urbanity. They say " nothing is impossible," so I'm
considering the advisability of removing my domicile to the town in
question, with a view to aspiring to the captaincy of the local bicycle
club.

A certain Western young lady of culchar, six months ago, would
jump any moderate-sized hedge rather than meet a bicycle club on
'.their usual run. Recently she has become quite happy, consequent
upon her capacity to easily muster enough cheek to meet a hundred
cyclists. This is her recipe. She says — and I have it on extremely
reliable authority — that whenever she observes a club nearing, she
immediately poses on the edge of the roadside, and by intently gazing
at that portion of the cyclist's anatomy which is democratically termed
| calves," with a gaze constituting equal portions of precocious
hilarity and horrible fear, the advancing wheelman is peremptorily

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reduced to such an excessive state of sensibility that the whole of his
mind is absolutely required, and is immediately engaged in marvel-
ling, " What the deuce is the matter with my legs ?"

The Yeovilians respectfully invite tenders for the supply of silver-
coloured brass bugles ; and they beg to intimate that the lowest
tender will stand the first chance of acceptance. The Shepton
Mallet B.C. officials are hard at work canvassing members, so as to
obtain a sufficient increase in the number of their club which will
render their winning the bugle again at Yeovil, next season, a matter
of certainty.

The wheelmen of the West beg to offer, through Spanks, Junr.,
their fullest sympathies to Messrs. Grumbridge & Co., of Paget
notoriety. Spanks, Junr.
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CORRESPONDENCE.

NOT THE ZINGARI.
Permit me to call your attention to an article which has appeared
in your number for October, in which there is some error in state-
ments with regard to the I Zingari B.C. I allude to the following
quotation : — " A sudden fashion seems to have set in for clubs,,
whose race meetings have been inadequately advertised, to abandon
their open events upon finding that the entries do not number as
many riders as was expected. The Rovers ' began it ' at the
Crystal Palace, in August ; and the Temple, Rye, and I Zingari have
followed suit during September. The entry fees were returned, I
believe, &c, &c." I would beg to point out that the I Zingari did
contemplate last January holding an open meeting at Stamford
Bridge in the autumn, but when it was discovered that the Kildare
had taken the Lillie Bridge grounds for the same date (namely, 17th
September), the idea of an open race meeting was abandoned,- and
the press and all interested in racing were duly apprised of the fact.
This took place on the 26th June. Consequently there were no
entry fees received or moneys to be returned, for an event which was
never announced to take place. As the hon. sec. of the I Zingari
B.C., I should esteem it a favour if you will allow this letter to
appear in your pages for November, so that the I Z.B.C. shall be,
so to speak, exonerated from the charge of disappointing any com-
petitor from an afternoon's enjoyment.

MALCOLM J. R. DUNDAS,

Hon. Sec. I Zingari B.C.

"The Wheel World Galop."— This excellent Galop, which actually compels the most
lazy to dance, is at length ready, Will be sent, post free, on receipt of 25 stamps.— Harry
Etherington, 152, Fleet Street, E.C.

An Instantaneous Photograph of the Hampton Court Meet, showing the riders going at
full speed; a marvellous specimen of photography. May be obtained, price Cd., post free G^d.
of Harry Etherington, 152, Fleet Street, London.

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PATENT RECORD.

[Compiled by Hart & Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C.]
APPLICATIONS FOR LETTERS PATENT.

4492. — "W. Harrison, Manchester. Velocipedes, cfcc. 14th Oct., 1881.

4542.— F. W. Eicke, Beulah Hill. Construction of velocipedes. 18th Oct.,

1881.
4548.— S. Hall, Hampstead. Velocipedes. 18th Oct., 1881.
4600.— G-. Singer, Coventry. Velocipedes. 20th Oct., 1881.
4669.— W. H. Marks, London. Brakes for wheeled vehicles. 25th Oct., 1881.
4722.— F. W. Jones, Exeter. Velocipedes. 28th Oct., 1881.
4829. — A. Archer, Birmingham. Tricycles and other velocipedes. 3rd Nov.,

1881.
4860. — J. K. Starley, Coventry. Securing elastic tyres to velocipede and other

wheels. 7th Nov., 1881.
4865. — S. Armstrong, Birmingham. The forks of bicycles and other velocipedes.

7th Nov., 1881.
4901. — R. E. Phillips, "Westminster. Construction of velocipedes. 9th Nov.,

1881.
4917. — L. E. Broadbent, London. Construction of bicycles, tricycles, and

quadricycles. 9th Nov., 1881.

NOTICES TO PROCEED
• Have been given by the following applicants on the dates named : —

21st Oct., 1881.— 2613. A. L. Bricknell, Brixton. Velocipedes. 16th June,

' 1881.
25th Oct., 1881.— 3782. J. White, Earlsdon, and J. Asbury, Coventry.

Construction of velocipedes. 30th August, 1881.
1st Nov., 1881. — 3716. J. I. Warman, Coventry. Chains for transmission

of motive power, applicable to velocipedes, &c. 25th August, 1881.
4th Nov., 1881.— 2582. H. J. Haddan, Westminster. Tricycles (com.

by C. W. Oldreive, Massachusetts, U.S.A.). 14th June, 1881.
8th Nov., 1881.— 3279. W. R. Mortimer, Rogate Lodge. Brakes for

bicycles, &c. 26th July, 1881.
11th Nov., 1881. — 2927. J. Simmons, " Brixton. Propelling and steering

vehicles by the hands and feet. 5th July, 1881.

PATENTS SEALED.

The following Letters Patent passed the Great Seal on the dates named : —
18th Oct., 1881.— 3272. J. H. Johnson, London. Bicycles (com. by W.

Rennyson, Norris Town, U.S.A.). 26th July, 1881.
4th Nov., 1881.— 2202. E. Marshall, Birmingham. Bicycles, tricycles, and

other velocipedes. 19th May, 1881.
4th Nov., 1881—2258. H. J. Haddan, Westminster. Tricycles (com. by J. A.

McKenzie, Galesbury, U.S.A.). , 24th May, 1881.
8th Nov., 1881.— 3805. J. Humpage, Bristol. Velocipedes. 1st Sept., 1881.

PATENTS
On which the Stamp Duty of £50 has been paid.

4265. — G-. Singer, Coventry. Bicycles, tricycles, and other velocipedes. 24th

Oct., 1878.
4358. — J. Harrison, Birmingham. Bells for bicycles. 29th Oct., 1878.

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ABRIDGMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS
Published during the month ending 15th October, 1881.
[Prepared by Hart & Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C.]
754.— G. Singer, Coventry, and A. W. Metcalfe, Clifton. Bicycles, &c. To
the hinder part of the spring for the saddle is attached a short lever,
the fulcrum of which rests on a block of india-rubber attached to the
framework of the machine. The other end of the lever presses upon a
similar block. The forward end of the spring is attached in the same
way. Or a tubular socket, containing a block of india-rubber, is
attached to the framework, and to the outside of the tube is fitted a
sliding ring, to which is attached a link, by a pin passing through the
ring and also through slots in the sides of the socket. To the other
end of the link the spring is attached. Spiral springs, of a conical
shape, which may be arranged, the one under and inside the other,
may also be used for supporting the seats of bicycles and other veloci-
pedes. These would have an india-rubber pad placed either above or
below them to deaden the vibration. The bearings also of the wheels
may be fitted into a groove, so that the bearings may move in the
direction required to counteract vibration, and a spring is placed above
the bearing to take the weight of the rider. This also rests on india-
rubber. 22nd Feb., 1881. Price, 6d.

891.— T. Humber, T. R. Marriott, & F. Cooper, Beeston. "Wheels for bicycles,
&c. The cellular rims are formed of three plates of metal, two of
which form the shell of the rim, while the third plate abuts against
and supports both the outside plates. There is therefore greater
strength and less liability to alteration of sectional form than usual.
The spokes are attached to that part of the shell of the rim which is
farthest from the axle. The strain of the spokes, therefore, acts
centripetally upon the rim. 2nd March, 1881. Price, 6d.

679. — J. Harrington, St. Luke's. Tricycles and bicycles. To obtain greater
strength and rigidity in the mode of connecting the spine to the head,
the ends of the neck pin are formed with rings or grooves to fit corre-
spondingly shaped bearings formed in the head. The neck pin
therefore projects both upwards and downwards into the bearings
inside the head. 16th Feb., 1881. Price, 6d.

911. — J. Challis and C. E. Challis, Homerton. Velocipedes, &c. The top of the
head is screwed to receive a cap which takes the upper
bearing of the neck. This gives a greater distance than usual between
the centres. Balls or cones may be used for both the top and bottom
bearings of the neck. The rims of the wheels are of a U form, but the
sides are bent over so as to form an inside rim, and after touching, are
prolonged down to form a midfeather between the two rims, and finally
are bent back or lie on the inside of the outer rim. A strip is fastened
over the joint on the inside rim, for the spokes. The saddle is placed
on a double frame, the fore end of which is secured to the backbone, and
a sheet of india-rubber is stretched between the two parts of the hinder
end. This rests on the backbone, and forms the spring when the weight
comes on the saddle, or pillars of india-rubber rings are attached on
each ;side of the backbone, on which the hinder ends of the double
frame rest. The saddle in this way is brought down nearer to the backbone,
and a larger wheel may be used. The covers of the oil caps are held
in place by a helical spring within the cup. The " Challis's stop
bells " are rigidly attached to a bracket which is secured to the frame-
work, instead of the usual strap, and when not wanted to sound, the
clapper is held in a short tube of steel, provided with tongues. 3rd
March, 1881. Price, 6d.

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929. — J. Hopwood, Heaton Norris. Velocipedes. This machine is mounted on
four wheels. The two front wheels are mounted on a cranked axle,
which supports the vertical fork fitted with steering handles. The body
of the machine is carried on the two hind wheels ; this is fitted with
two seats for passengers, who face each other. The body is attached
to the vertical fork of the front wheels by the backbone, on which is
the saddle of the driver, who works the cranks by means of stirrups
on connecting rods. 4th March, 1881. Price, 6d.

972. — C. G. Hawkins, Forest Gate. Tricycles, &c. The axles of the two large
wheels are carried on short arms which can move independently round
the axis of a double cranked axle, carried in bearings on the main
frame, and springs are used to keep these radial arms in position. The
wheels can therefore pass over stones, &c, without the usual jar or
shaking. A " relief action" is fitted to the treadles, so that the rider
is prevented continuing any pressure thereon when they have nearly
reached their lowest dead centre. The treadle works on a fulcrum at
one end, and bears on the crank about the middle, while the rider
presses the other end. When it has moved down far enough, it comes
against a stop or strap hanging from the framing, which takeB the
weight off the crank until it is rising again past the dead centre. Some
different arrangements for this object are also shown. 7th March, 1881.
Price, 6d.

988.— E. C. F. Otto, Peckharn. Wheels for velocipedes, &c. The object of this
inyention is to make the wheel with an elastic rim, and elastic spokes,
which are in compression, instead of a rigid rim and spokes, which
are, as far as possible, in tension. The rim is made of a thin steel band
of any desired section. This is forced over the spokes, which are made
of a similar material, and are bent into a bow shape. There are 39
figures in the drawings showing the different shapes of the bow spokes,
the different sections of the steel rims and spokes, and the different
modes of attachment of the spokes to the rims, the hubs, and to one
another. 8th March, 1881. Price, 8d.

1001. — R. C. Fletcher, Tarleton Rectory. Velocipedes. This relates to that
description of tricycle which has one large driving on one side of the
rider, and two small wheels on the other side ; and improves (1.) the
steering. Both the small wheels are steering wheels, and to the fork
of each is attached a toothed segment, both connected to the same
pinion, which is actuated by the steering handle. (2.) The method of
changing the rate of motion transmitted from the treadles to the
driving wheel. Spur wheels are mounted on the treadle shaft and on
the driving wheel axles, and a pair of intermediate wheels of different
sizes are so mounted between them that the rider can throw either
into gear or out of gear by a handle, and thereby change the relative
rate of speed. (3.) The brake. The forks of the two steering wheels
are perforated, and a spindle is passed through, the lower end of which
acts on the brake block. The upper end of the spindle is attached
to a strap which passes under a pulley on the fork, and thence to a
winch near the seat, so that the rider can apply the brake simul-
taneously to the two wheels. (4.) The method of folding the machine
for passing through narrow doorways, &c. To the backbone that
connects the two small wheels are hinged two bars of equal length,
one of which carries the rider's seat, and the other is some little distance
behind. These in their normal position will be horizontal, and at right
angles to the backbone. The other extremities of these bars are joined
together by a third bar, also hinged to the former at each end. In this
third bar is mounted the axle of the driving wheel. A bolt may
be used to keep the parallelogram in proper shape for running, and
wheu this is withdrawn, the width of the machine may instantly be
reduced. 9th March, 1881. Price, 6d.

84 THE WHEEL WORLD.

ABEIDGMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS
Published during the month ending 15th November, 1881.

1187. — J. I. Warman, Coventry. Tricycles, &c. This is applicable to that
description of tricycle in which only one of the large wheels is actuated
by the cranks, and makes instead both wheels drive at the pleasure of
the rider. To the non-driving wheel is attached a flanged spur wheel
on the boss of a chain wheel. Another spur wheel is~ also mounted on
the crank axle. A lever, mounted on the framework, carries in its
fork another spur wheel, which it can throw into gear with the two
before-mentioned spur wheels, and thereby make the loose wheel a
driving one. (Pro. pro.) 18th March, 1881. Price, 2d.

1219. — T. Tongue and T. E. Bladon, Birmingham. Lamps for bicycles, &c.
The front part, containing the glass, is formed separate from the body,
and is secured thereto by sliding it up grooves in the edges of the main
part, and when in position a spring bolt holds it in its place. The
lamp can therefore easily be passed in the separate parts between tbe
spokes of the wheel. (Pro. pro ) 19th March, 1881. Price, 2d.

1229. — W. H. Halliwell, Brighton. Shoes for velocipedists. To make the shoe
more flexible the waist is made of "shoulder" leather, instead of the
thicker leather now used, and a very thin inner sole is used, which
passes the full length of the shoe, forming the waist, and projecting so
as to fix thereto a light sole and heel. The shoe is cut very low, and
two circular holes are cut in the toe cap, which make the point of the
shoe flexible and lessen the weight. (Pro. pro.) 21st March, 1881.
Price, 2d.

1234. — J. Southgate, London, and W. Smith and B. Liddell, Ipswich. Appa-
ratus for driving and increasing the speed of bicycles, tricycles, &c. A
cog wheel is attached to the axle of the driving wheel, and another of a
larger size is annexed to the fork in such a manner as to be worked by
a pedal, lever, or crank. A vertical guide bar is also attached to the
fork, carrying a slider, which is connected to the crank by a connecting
rod. (Pro. pro.) 21st March, 1881. Price, 2d.

1264. — W. B. Lake, London. Velocipede. This is a monocycle, or velocipede
that has only one wheel. The wheel is made in the usual manner, and
the shaft of the hub of the wheel rotates in two arms, which unite above
the wheel, so as to form the fork which supports the saddle. The rod
of the steering handle is curved forward, so as to allow the rider to be
seated immediately above the hub. The handle is placed higher than
in bicycles. (Pro. pro.) (Com. by G. B. Scuri, Turin.) 22nd March,
1881. Price, 2d.

1313. — J. Harrington, London. Bicycles and tricycles. This relates: — (1st.) To
the bearings. A groove is made round the journal, and a corresponding
groove in the bearing, to receive a number of balls. On each side of
the groove in the journal are a series of rings and recesses, to fit
corresponding recesses and rings in the bearing. (2nd.) To the mode
of fitting the neck of the spine in the head. Each end of the neck has
a series of rings and grooves, and coned bushes are fitted to the same.
There are also corresponding sockets in the head. (3rd.) To facilitating
the steering of tricycles. The.ordinary steering handle and connections
to the steering wheel are used ,but the steering shaft at the same time
disconnects the clutch apparatus of one or other of the driving wheels,
whereby the vehicle is made to turn more easily. (4th.) To the clutch
apparatus for the driving wheels. One part is made with a number of .-
teeth or recesses, into which projections from the other part enter
These projections are furnished with rollers to facilitate the dis-
connection. (Pro. pro.) 24th March, 1881. Price, 2d.

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1344. — E. E. Settle, Coventry. Velocipedes. The ball bearings have a division
plate placed vertically in the chamber containing the balls, so as to keep
, them apart. The felloe is hollow, with a tube of cylindrical section
running through it. A socket is constructed for the lower centre of the
steering fork, with a coned recess in which tbfe centre turns. A projec-
tion prevents the socket f rum moving. (Pro. pro.) 25th March, 1881.
Price, 2d.
830. — H. Kinder, Leicester. Tricycles. This invention relates to those tri-
cycles the driving wheels whereof are operated by the feet through
cranks or the hands through levers, and give additional power by pio-
viding the axles with coiled springs, which can be thrown in or out of
operation at the will of the rider. (Pro. pro.) 26th Feb., 1881.
Price, 2d.
533.— W. Mickelwright, Shepherd's Bush, and A. G. Gladwyn, Hammersmith
Bicycles, tricycles, &c. The trailing wheel is not mounted directly in the
end of the backbone, but the forked end thereof is prolonged and curved
upwards, and the trailing wheel axle is mounted in blocks which slide
in guides formed in the curved up ends of the forked backbone, and are
governed by springs, whereby the usual jolting and jarring is obviated.
8Jk February, 1881. Price, 6d.
14t)7' — "■ c- Straker, London. Apparatus for registering the distance travelled
by bicycles and other carriages. A ppur is fixed to one spoke of the
wheel, which strikes a rod at every revolution. This rod actuates a
lever which pushes a ratchet wheel one tooth forward, and actuates a
series of counting dials. A spring pulls back the lever when released.
(Pro. pro.) 4th April, 1881. Price, 2d.

PATENTED

SELF-INKING

HAND, FOOT & ^ ' 'S"<^^^S^^SZ^ "•* STEAM POWJ :
For particulars see page 28 of Advertiser.

18 The Wheel World Advertiser — December, 1881.

HICKLING & Co.,

PATENTEES OF THE CELEBEATED

MCK-AND-PMON BRAKE, UNDETACHABLE TYRES, to.

MANUFACTURERS OF

THE "LONDON.

" One of the ' Gems of the Metropolis.' " — The Indispensable, 1880.
" The whole machine is finely finished, and a splendid Roadster, relial le,
slfcong and easy running." — The Bazaar, December, 1880.

THE "TIMBERLAKE"

" Sound, safe, reliable and handsome." — The Indispensable, 1880
"A thoroughly strong and trustworthy machine." — Bicycles and Tricycles
of the year 1879-80.

THE "BERKSHIRE.

"A sound, strong, all-round machine." — The Indispensable, 1^880.
" The cheap, yet trustworthy steed, is the ' Berkshire.' " — Wheel World,
June, 1880.

'TELESCOPIC TRICYCLE'

"Really a capital machine." — Cycling, March, 1880.

SPECIALITY FOR THE SEASON 1881.

THE "PILOT" BICYCLE,

Descriptive Catalogues (containing testimonials) free on application
More good Agents wanted in the Country and Abroad.

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Complete Summary in brief of all the Road Routes of the United Kingdom.
An Analysis of some of the Roads of Great Britain — Compiled from personal

investigation. By " Observes," L.B.C.
Description of the Principal English Racing Tracks.
Complete Record of the Racing of 1881, with Handicapper's Index.
" A Cycle of Cycling." By "Aout."

A Comprehensive Illustrated Article on " Monocycles." By Henry Sturmey.
" Whitsuntide Wanderings of a Wharfedale Wheelman." No. 2.
" Wilfred's Wheel of Fortune." By William J. Bull, Minerva B.C. (Author

of " Odds and Ends").
" Manners Maketh Men." By McCullum Hill.

" How No. 1 of the ' Southern Wheeler' Appeared." By "Choey Sawtell."
"Bicycle Riding" — A Few Hints to Beginners.

" Fireside Thoughts on Tricycles and Tricycling." By Boverton Redwood.
" Mems on Tricycling." By Harry Venables.

" The Advantages of Bicycling." By R. P. Hampton-Roberts, Belsize B.C.
" A Tale of a Social." By " Choey Sawtell."
" Incidents of the Road." By Charles R. Maddox.
" Farewell my Steed." By " Tommy B."

" The Complete Bibliography of Cycling." By H. Blackwell, Jr.
" The Clubs of the World and their Badges."
" Resume of the Past Season."

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS, Ac,

PUBLISHED BY

HARRY ETHERINGTON, 152, FLEET STREET, E.C.

SPORTING.

The Sporting Mirror. An illustrated high-class Magazine, giving life-like portraits
of four Celebrities each month, with biographies. Contains articles from best and most
able pens. Reflections of the Month, Sporting Chronology, Diary for the Month, The
Drama, Turf Doings, Athletics, Bicycling, Cricket, Football, Shooting, Aquatics, Yachting,
&c. Euited bv " Diomed." Size, DemySvo., 50pages, four full-paged plates, and coloured
wrapper. Sixpence monthly, post-free, 7d. Annual Subscription, 7s., post-free. The
Sportsman says: "An excellent Magazine. Portraits beautifully executed," &c. The
Irish Times says : " Promises to be the most interesting of the monthlies. Most useful
features. An admirable summary. Excellent illustrations of prominent sportsmen.
Deals exhaustively with most branches of sport," &c. The Nottingham Guardian says:
" Really excellent portraits. The book is most complete. A careful resume," &c. The
Newcastle Daily Chronicle says : " Profusely illu»trated. A complete record of sport-
ing and athletic doings," &c. The Sheffield Daily Telegraph says : " We are of opinion
that no book ever issued, devoted to all kinds of sport, will be more generally welcome.
Get up and contents unexceptionable. Predict for it a great success." Upwards of 230
equally favourable reviews in other papers.

The Sporting Mirror. No 1, Vol. 1 contains portraits of Sir John Astley, Edward
Hanlan, H. L. Cortis, and Charles Rowell. Price Is. Only a few copies left.

The Sporting Mirror. No. 2, Vol. 1, contains portraits of W. G. Grace, C. L.
Lockton, H. Constable, and F. Cooper. Price 6d.

The Sporting Mirror. No. 3, Vol. 1, contains portraits of Lord Rosebery,
"Pendragon," Wallace Ross, and R. Frost Smith. Price Gd.

The Spouting Mirror. No. 4, Vol. 1, contains portraits of Fred Archer, C. Blake
("Augur "), Horace Davenport, and J. H. L. Reay. Price 6d.

The Sporting Mirror. No. 5, Vol. 1, contains portraits o,f Admiral Rous, J. Mitcbel
(" Vigilant "), W. G. George, and G. F. Grace. Price 6d.

The Sporting Mirror. No. 6, Vol. 1, contains portraits of Lord M. Beresford,
G. H. Vize, L. E. Myers, and H. Smerthwaite (" Bleys "). Price 6d.

Cases for Volume 1 of the " Sporting Mirror " now ready. Whole cloth, gilt
illuminated, extra Is. 6d., post free.

A few Volumes bound in handsome Cloth Cases to be obtained. Price 5s.

Poktkaits of Celebrities. Any of the excellent portraits that have appeared in the
Sporting Mirror to be had under large steel grey cut mount. Price Gd. each. N.B.—
These should be ordered through a bookseller, being too large to pass through the post.
They comprise-

Astley, Sir John
Archer, Fred
Beresford, Lord M.
Blake, C. ("Augur")
Cooper, Fred
Constable, H.
Cortis, H. L.
Davenport, H.

Frost-Smith, R,
George, W. G.
Grace, W. G.
Grace, G. F.
Hanlan, E.
Lockton, C. L.
Mitchell, J. (" Vigilant ")
Myers, L. E.

Reay, J. H. L.

Rosebery, Lord .

Ross, Wallace

Rous, Admiral

Rowell, Charles

Sampson, H. (" Pendragon")

Smerthwaite, H. (" Bleys ")

Vize, G. H.

BICYCLING, CRICKET, &c.

The Cyclist. Edited by H. Sturmey, author of "The Indispensable," "Complete
Guide to Bicycling," " The Tricyclist's Annual," &c, &c, and C. W. Nairn, author of
" The Bicycle Annual," &c. The only reliable weekly paper devoted entirely to bicycling
and tricycling. All wheelmen should read it. Gives all news and gossip in carefully
condensed paragraphs. Full reports of all races and important cycling events. Every
Wednesday morning in town and country. One penny. Post free three months, Is. 8d. ;
sis, ds. 3d. ; twelve, 6s. 6d. Published also at Coventry. For advertising terms and
information, apply to the London Agent and Publisher, Harry Exhe*inuton, 152,
Fleet Street, E.C.

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The Wheel World. A Bicycling and Tricycling Illustrated Monthly Magazine of
Sport. Edited by H. Sturmey and C. W. Nairn. The title speaks for itself. Gives
whole of the chat and doings of the wheel world in paragraphic style. Contains
articles, touching, directly or indirectly, upon the sport from the best pens. Gives
illustrated criticisms on machines, inventions, notions, &c. Caricatures the leading
cyclists, &c. 25th monthly. Demy 8vo. 100 pp. 3d. Subscription 4s. 6d. per annum.
The recognised Medium op Advertisers to g*.t their Speciality s and Manu-
factures BEFORE THE RIGHT PEOPLE, AND INTO THE PROPER CHANNEL. For advertising

terms and information apply to the London Agent and Publisher, Harry Etherington,
152, Fleet Street, E.C.

Complete Guide to Bicycling. Second and enlarged Edition. By H. Sturmey,
Editor of the Cyclist, " The Indispensable Handbook," &c, &c. Crown 8vo., stiff covers,
Is. Complete in every department, interesting, and of great value, not only to intending
bicyclists, but to accomplished riders.

Group Photographs or Bicyclists. No. 1, Racing Celebrities, contains Messrs. Cortis,
Hillier, Wyndham, Oxx, Hamilton, Thorn, Tyler, Laver, Eucker, Woolnough, Kearley,
Buntz and Tarling. Price Is., in cabinet size for album ; or 2s. 6d. (carriage paid) large
photograph, lOin. by 8in., mounted on a'grey mount, size 16in. by 12in., suitable for club-
rooms, &c.

Group Photograph op Bicyclists. No. 2, Racing Celebrities, contains Messrs. Liles,
Coleman, Griffiths, Smith, McWilliam, Crute, East, Kemp, English, Nisbit, Osborne,
Dundas, and Budd. Price Is. cabinets ; or, lOin. by 8in. on mount for framing, 2s. 6d.
(carriage paid). See above.

Group Photograph op Bicyclists. No. 3, Legislative and Literary Celebrities,
contains Messrs. Nairn, Inwards, "Wilson, Etherington, Fox, Winter, Yeoman, Woodin'
Cramphorn, Cosens, Fussell, Benningfield, and Honeywell. Price Is., cabinets for album '■
or, on mount for framing, 2s. 6d. (carriage paid), size of photo being lOin. by 8in. See above'

Icycles, The "Wheel World" Annual. Edited by Lacy Hillier and Harry Ethering-
ton. Demy 8vo., in coloured wrapper, Is. ; post free, Is. 3d. The following selection of
the many reviews of it will suffice to shew its value to every one interested in the sport :—
The Sporting Life says : " The most complete and useful." " Got up with great care." ,
" Sound articles." " Chatty." " We cordially recommend all those interested in the
sport to purchase a ' bob's ' worth, whether riders or non-riders, &c." The Beferee says :
" Is a good shilling's worth, and every clubman should buy it." " Ought to be popular,"
&c. The Cyclist says : " We can conscientiously recommend it as an excellent shilling's
worth." " The club list, with an engraving of every club badge, is alone worth the
expenditure," &c. The Sportsman says: " One of the neatest bits of literature that has
been issued," &c.

The Bicyclist's Indispensable Handbook. 1881. Now Ready. By Henry Sturmey
The most reliable and interesting work for present, past, or future bicyclists. Demy 8vo.
330 pp., 150 Illustrations, stiff covers, Is. This work again makes its annual appearance
with promise of having even a greater sale than previously. No wheelman should be
without this indispensable work.

The Tourist's Road Map of England and Wales. Cloth, mounted in cloth case for
pocket or valise. Price Is., post free Is. Id. This map, issued by N. Salamon, Esq., is
unquestionably the finest and best ever issued ; at any rate, it is the most suitable for
cyclists, pedestrians, &c.

The Bicycle Road Book. Crown 8vo., cloth covers, 2s. Post free, 2s. 3d. Edited by
Charles Spencer. A first-rate guide. Distances given to and from hotels, bridges, railway
stations, &c.

Nauticus on His Hobby Horse ; or, The Adventures of a Sailor during a Tricycle
Cruise of 1,427 Miles. Crown 8vo., stiff covers, Is. 6d. ; post free, Is. 8d. An admirable
little work, keeping one interested from beginning to end.

Wheelman's Year Book, Almanack and Diary. Edited by H. T. Round, and com-
piled by W. D. Welford (Editor of Cycling), demy 8vo., 300 pp., Is. Post free, Is. 4d.
Unquestionably the biggest " bob's ' worth. No cyclist could possibly regret the expendi-
ture of a modest shilling m this work ; contains everything one wants to know. The
diary is a first-rate idea, &c. — Vide Press.

Yelocipedoeia. A bicycling burlesque-extravaganza, by "Jupiter," Rovers' B.C-
The only bicycling burlesque ever acted. Performed several times to Crowded houses.
Complete book of the words, price 9d. Post free, lOd.

Lyra Bicyclica. Forty Poets on the Wheel. By J. G. Dalton. Crown 8vo., cloth.

Cases por Yols. I. & II. of " Wheel World," now ready. Whole cloth, illuminated

extra, 2s. post free.
Cases for Vol. I. of " The Cyclist." Whole cloth, illuminated, extra, 2s.

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The Bicycle Annual, 1880. A few copies left. Contains the Cross Roads of Great
Britain, and particulars cf the year, as in 1879 Annual ; Photograph of Harry Etherington
Charles Terront (French Champion), and W. Cann, of Sheffield. Crown 8vo., stiff covers, Is'

Hotel Chaeges Directory. Compiled by a selected Committee. Stiff covers, crown
8vo., Is. Invaluable to pedestrians, bicyclists, and tourists generally. No traveller
should be without this work.

The Wheel World. (Illustrated.) By Lacy Hillier and Harry Etherington
Vols. I. & II. Now ready, demy 8vo., 310 pp., illuminated handsome cloth, gilt edges, 3s.6d-

The American Bicycler. By C. E. Pratt, Editor of tHe Bicycling World. A Manual
for the Observer, Learner, and Expert. Gives full and interesting information on matter,
touching the sport in America. In cloth, crown 8vo., 2s. 6d.

Romances of the Wheel. By E. C. C. A Series of Romantic Tales in connection
with Bicycling. Crown 8vo., cioth, Is.

Riding Rhymes ; or, Every Club its Own Music Hall. By " Faed." Illustrated^
Most amusing. Crown 8vo., Is.

R.R.R.R. ; or, Riders' Rules for Road Riding. Compiled for the use of bicyclists
and tricyclists, being the County and Local Bye-Laws as to use of lamps, bells, &c, &c.
16mo., 6d.

On Wheels." A Series of Twelve Tales, told by twelve persons in competition for
a prize value £20. Fcap. 8vo., fc'd.

"The Whee;l World Galop." " The best Galop placed before the public for years."
" Very dancy." " Lively and taking."— Fide Press. Composed by Llewellyn-Winter
Price 2s. nett. Post free, 2s. Id.

" The Universal Club Song. Words and Music. "Suits any club." "Has a
swinging chorus." " Should be used at all club dinners, smoking socials, &c." Price 3d.
Post free 3|d. To clubs, 2s. 6d. per dozen of thirteen.

Modern Training. By Amator, Author of " Physical Training," " Practical and
Theoretical Training," &c, &c. 6d. A guide by which many of our leading men have
gained champion honours.

James Lillywhite's Cricketer's Annual, 1881. A few copies only left. Edited by
C. W. Alcock. Contains cabinet portrait of the Australian Eleven, 1880. Hints on
Batting by G. W. Grace. The season of 1880 by Incog. The Australian Eleven by Bev.
Pycroft, The Averages, Chief Scores, Chief Cricketers, Principal Clubs. Laws of Cricket,
&c, &c. Crown 8vo. Cloth covers. Is., post free, Is. 2d. Should be in every cricketer's

The Cricketers' Almanack (John Wisden's) for 1881. Eighteenth edition now
ready. Crown 8vo., Is. Post free, Is. 2d. Contains full scores and bowling analysis of
all the principal matches played last season, including those of the Australian eleven,
calendar, &c, &c. The most reliable, useful, and interesting annual on cricket.

The Cricketers Almanack.^A few copies of the following years, 1864, 1865, 1866,
1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1879, and 1880, still on sale. Post free, Is. 2d.,
every year.

Oxford and Cambridge Cricket Scores (In dark or light blue covers). Is. 6d. Post
free, Is. 7d. Contain the full score of all the Inter-University Cricket Matches, played
from 1826 to 1876.

Rules of Lawn Tennis. The latest and revised, as adopted by the Marylebone, All
England, and Lawn Tennis Clubs. 6d. Post free, 6£d.

Rules of Football, Rugby and Association. 3d. Post free, 3Jd.

Danger, Etherington's Christmas Annual. Edited by Llewellyn-Winter. Coloured
wrapper, demy 8vo., Is. Contains "Alas Poor Ghost," by Dutton Cook; "Broderick's
Box," by A. W. Pinero ; " Her Secret," by Arthur Matthison ; " The Demon Sixpence," by
B. E. Francillon; "Told in a Whisper," by Paul Meritt and E. Warren; "The Dis-
appointed Man," by the Editor ; " Black Mail," by Clement Scott; "The Wrong Party,",
by G. Grossmith. 50 illustrations, post free, Is. 2d. A few soiled copies, post free, 8d.

Farm Poultry. By G. L. Hillier. A treatise upon breeding and keeping poultry

for profit. Tenth thousand. Price 6d., post free, 6Jd.
Artificial Egg Hatching for Profit, and Chicken Rearing. By " J." Second

thousand. Price 6d., post free, 6Jd.
Crossing and Crosses. By G. L. Hillier. Also contains Profitable Poultry. Price

6a., post free, 6£d.

The Wheel World Advertiser — December, 1881. 23

WHO'S WHO; AND WHERE TO FIND HIM

IN "THE WHEEL WORLD."

* A. .routs.

MOIR, HUTCHINS & HICKLING, 30, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
SARGENT, W., 9, Brecknock Road, Camden Road, N.

Backbone and Rim Makers.
DEVEY, J., & CO., Tower Works; Wolverhampton. [ham.

SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills, Birming-
WARWICK, T., Alma Street, Aston New Town, Birmingham.

Bag: Makers.
LAMPLUGH & BROWN, M.I. P. Serviceable, 135, Great Colmore

Street, Birmingham.
SPURRIER, W. J., Takeabout, 119, Newhall Street, Birmingham.

Bearing- Makers.
AVES, W. O., The Pickwick, 46, Barbican, E.C.
DEVEY, J., & CO., Tower Works, Wolverhampton. [ham.

SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills, Birming-

CHALLIS BROS., Bushberry Works, Homerton. [E.C

HARRINGTON, J., Arab Alarm, 18, Norman's Bldngs, St. Luke's,

SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills, Bm'ham.

Bicycle Riding Schools.

AVES, W. O., The City Oval, 46, Barbican, E.C.
CITY BICYCLE SCHOOL, Chequer Yard, Aldgate High Street, E.C
SARGENT, W., 9, Brecknock Road, Camden Road, N.W.
Bicycle Makers.

AVES, W. O., The Pickwick, 46, Barbican, E.C.
BAYLISS & TIMMS, Perfection, East Street, Coventry.
CARVER, J., Hollow Spoke, Alfred Street Mills, Nottingham.
CENTAUR BICYCLE CO., Centaur,W.est Orchard Works, Coventry.
DEVEY, J., & Co., Express, Tower Works, Wolverhampton.
GRIFFITHS & SONS, S., (Universal) Clyde Works, Heath Town,

LLOYD & CO., Whitmore, Great Hampton Works, Wolverhampton.
MARKH AM, A., Champion, 345, Edgware Road, Shepherd's Bush, W.
MOIR, HUTCHINS & HICKLING, 30, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
PALMER & HOLLAND, Interchangeable, Aston, Birmingham.
PARR, J., Star, 58, Navigation Street, Leicester.
SIMPSON, S., & SON, Defiance, Mansfield, near Nottingham.
SMITH, W. C, Imperial, Crocus Street, Nottingham.
SMITH, SONS & CO., Dart. Bow Works, 45, West Street, Sheffield.
SMITH, T., & SONS, The Viaduct, 61, Holborn Viaduct, E.C.
STASSEN, J., & SON, Nonpareil, 251, Euston Road, N.W.

24 The Wheel World Advertiser — December, 1881.

Bugle Makers.

HENRY KEAT &' SON, Buglet, Matthias Road, Stoke Newington, N.

Fittings, Makers of.
DEVEY, J., & CO., Tower Works, Wolverhampton.
LLOYD & CO., Great Hampton Works, Wolverhampton.
SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C., Saltley Mills,

Birmingham.
WARWICK, T., Alma Street, Aston New Town, Birmingham.

Hollow Forks, Makers of.
SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C., Saltley Mills,

Birmingham.
WARWICK, T., Alma Street, Aston New Town, Birmingham.

India Rubber Tyres, Makers of.
SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C., Saltley Mills,

Birmingham.
EAST LONDON RUBBER CO., 3, Great Eastern Street, E.C.

Lamp Makers.
DEARLOVE, J. H.,King of the Road, Comet, Combined Head and

Hub, 39, Arlington Square, Islington, N.
REA, NEALE, & BOURNE, Coopers Inextinguishoble, &c. (Patent),

St. Paul's Works, Birmingham, and 52, Queen Vietoria St., E.C.
SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, Saltley Mills, Birmingham.

Lamp Oil Manufacturers.
DAVILLE, W. S., & Co., The " Comet" Oil, 46, Wood Street,
Liverpool.

.Lubricating Oil Manufacturers.
DAVILLE, W. S.„ & Co., The " Comet " Oil, 46, Wood Street,
Liverpool.

Nipple and Screw Makers.
SMITH, T.,& SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills, B'm 'ham.

SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills, B'm 'ham.

Perambulator Makers.
LLOYD & CO., Great Hampton Works, Wolverhampton.
Ribbon and Badge Maker.

W. BOYDEN, 34, Woodlea Road, Stoke Newington, N.

LAMPLUGH & BROWN, Suspension, 135, Great Colmore Street,

Birmingham.
SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills,

Birmingham.
WARWICK, T., Alma Street, Aston New Town, Birmingham.

Silversmiths, Medallists, &c.
TYLER, E., 42, Exmouth Street, Clerkenwell, W.C.

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Spoke Makers.

DIAMOND WIRE, 4, Red Cross Street, E.C. [Birmingham.

SMITH, T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills,
WARWICK, T., Alma Street, Aston New Town, Birmingham.

Sundries and Requisite Dealers.
SAMUEL, J., 239, Upper Street, Islington. [Birmingham.

SMITH,. T., & SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills,

Steel Tube Makers.
SMITH, T.,&SONS, Holborn Viaduct, E.C, Saltley Mills, B'm'ham.

Tricycle Makers.
BAYLIS, TIMMS, & CO., Coventry Perfection, East St., Coventry.
CENTAUR BICYCLE CO., Centaur, Convertible, and Compressible,

Uniform Makers.
CLARE & SON, 70, Fenchurch Street, E.C
WRAY & ROBY, Queen Street, Cheapside, E.C

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HARRY ETHERINGTON, 152, Fleet Street, London, E.C.

The Largest Makers of Horns and Bugles in England.

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other Musical Instruments, to HENRY HEAT & SONS (Inventors of
the Buglet), Manufacturers, Government Contractors, and Export Factors,
105, MATTHIAS ROAD, LONDON, N.

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"THE CYCLIST."

PROVINCIAL EDITOR

KaSBTIfcY STURMBY,

Author of the " Tricyclists' Indispensable Annual."

LONDON EDITOR:
Author of the " Bicycle Annual and Road Book.''

All TRICYCLING News and Gossip in carefully condensed
paragraphs.

Full REPORTS of all RACES and important Cycling events.

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" THE CYCLIST," ONE PENNY, is published every Wednesday
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following rates :— 12 months, 6/6 ; 6 Months, 3/3 ; 3 Months, 1/8 ; Single
Copy, ljd.

The Wheel World Advertiser — December, 1881.

Edited by " DIOMED."

CONTAINS

Four*Full-Pa0e*Portraits*f of * Celebrities,

WITH BIOGRAPHIES:
Volume 1 Contains
ASTLEY, SIR J. D.
ARCHER, FRED.
BERESFOB3), LORD M.
BLAKE, C. ("Augur").
COOPER, FRED.
CONSTABLE, H.
CORTIS, H. L.
DAVENPORT, H.
FROST-SMITH, R.
GEO ROE, W. G.
GRACE, W. G.
GRACE, G. F.

HANLAN, EDWARD.
LOCKTON, C. E. .
MITCHELL, J. (" Vigilant").
MYERS,iL. E.
REAV, J. H. L.
ROSE BE RV, LORD.
ROSS, WALLACE.
ROES, ADMIRAL.
ROWELL, CHARLES.
SAMPSON, H. ("Pendragon").
SME RTMWAITE, H .,"Bleys"
VIZE.G. H.

Volume I., handsomely bound in cloth, 5s.; post free, 5s. 6d.

No. 7, Vol. 2, Contains
J. WHITEFOOT (Sportsman) | E. E. MERRILL.
J. WEBSTER. I H. M. OLIVER.

No. 8, Vol. 2, Contains
LACY HILLIER. I G. W. ATKINSON.

GEORGE FORDHAM. | E. TRICKETT.

No. 9, Vol. 2, Contains
W. P. PHILLIPS. I TOM CANNON.

CHARLES CRETE. | E. LAYCOCK.

-^REFLECTIONS ON THE MONTH.

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&C, &C, &c.

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The Wheel World Advertiser — December, 1881.

BICYCLE OILS.

AVILA TRINGHAM'S CHAMPION RUBY BICYCLE OIL,

FINEST PREPARED & SUITABLE FOR ALL MACHINES,

ELECTRIC LAMP OIL,

Specially Refined for Bicycle Lamps, Burns steadily on the Roughest Roads, Highly Reconi-
nded. Six Hours' Brilliant Light at a cost of One Penny. Sold in capsuled bottles,
Is., and in Tins carefully prepared for the country and export, Is. 6d. and 3s. each.

A. TRINGHAM, Oil Refiner, 151, Hanbury Street, Mile End,
x*o:n:do:n", e.

CLAPTON BICYCLE SCHOOL.

HIDING TAUGHT AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY BY

MR. T. ASHTON,

Who has Testimonials from Riders from all parts of London.

REPAIRING & PAINTING BY EXPERIENCED WORKMEN.

Bells, Lamps, Bugles, and all kinds of Bicycle Sundries in Stock.

Also the Leather Cap for preventing Dust getting into the Back Wheels.

Bicycles of all sizes, on Hire, per Hour, Day, or Month. See also the

" CYPRUS," all sizes, £8 10s.

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The "WESTOF TRICYCLE.

No. 1 both large wheels driven

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SEND TO

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Manufacturer of every description

Club and Bicycle Badges,

MEDALS, &c,
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The Bank also receives money on Deposit,
at Three per cent, interest, repayable in
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The Bank undertakes for its customers,
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Letters of Credit and Circular Notes

A Pamphlet, with full particulars, on
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FRANCIS RAVENSCROFT, Manager
31st March, 1880.

The Birkbeck Building Society's Annual
Receipts exceed four Millions.

HOW TO PURCHASE A HOUSE FOR
Two Guineas Per Month, with
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Apply at the Office of the Birkbeok Build-
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The Wheel World Advertiser — December, 1881.

THE

IMPERIAL BICYCLE,

Manufactured by

W. SMITH,

Crocus Street, Nottingham,

IS THE MACHINE FOR 1880,
As is proved by the following :

Mr. H. HIGHAM, of Nottingham, won
the long-distance Championship of the
Midlands, of 14 hours per day at Bir-
mingham, in October, 1S79, on a 52-in.
Imperial Racer. It is worthy of note
that this is the only six days' race ever
won without a change of machine.

Thursday, March 17, 1880. At the Agri
cultural Hall he rode the unprecedented
distance of 230| miles, without dismount-
ing, and the quickest 100 miles on record.

Write for Price Lists and Testimonials
before ordering elsewhere.

GOY. London Agent.

ST. JOHN'S WOOD

BICYCLE DEPOT. SCHOOL AND

PRACTICE GROUNDS,
63, Queens Road

Adjoining Blarlboro' Road Station,
Metropolitan Railway.

JOHN "BUTLER,

AGENT FOE THE SALE OF

ALL THE BEST MAKES.

Repairs of all kinds on the Pre-
mises with Despatch.

Bicycles, Tricycles, & Salvo- Quadricycles

for Hire, with option of Purchase.
Large Stock of Second-hand Machines.

BUTLER'S
RAT TRAP PEDAL SLIPPER

" Registered," 3/0 per pair.

Sent Carriage paid on receipt of Remittance

Send Stamps for J. Butler's Monthly
Peice List of Second-hand Bicycles, Tri-
cycles, &c. For full description of Pedal
Slipper, see Wheel World, May Number.

SALSBURY'S IMPROVED NOISELESS

WITH NEW SAFETY FASTENING,
BY HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
SECTION *% SECTION

OF FASTENING.

FASTENING

The above Fastening need only be seen by Bicyclists to convince them that it is the Safest,
Simplest and Strongest ever introduced. ' It can be attached in a moment to the axle with
only one hand by merely depressing a vertical bolt which securely closes the lower half of the
cylinder or socket piece, and renders it an impossibility for the lamp to become detached by
the vibration of the machine. Prices, Japanned, No. 1, 1 0/- each ; No. 2, 1 0/9 each ; No. 3, 1 1 /6
each. Nickel-plated, No. 1, 1 6/6 each ; No. 2, 1 8/6 each ; No. 3, 21 /- each.

Also noiseless HEAD LAMPS for Bicycles and Tricycles. Over Twelve Thousand are
In use.— Sold by all Bicycle Makers and Agents throughout the Kingdom, and at the

Manufactory, _ „ „

125, & 126, LONG ACRE, LONDON.
Established 1806.

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THE 'SPORTING MIRROR.'

The Sporting Mirror. No. 1, Vol. 1, contains portraits of Sir John
Astley, Edward Harlan, H. L. Cortis, and Charles Howell. Out of p< int.

The Sporting- Mirror. No. 2, Vol. 1, contains portraits of W. G.
Grace, C. L Lockton, H. Constable, and F. Cooper. Price, One Shilling.

The Sporting Mirror. No. 3, Vol. 1, contains portraits of Lord
Rosebery, " Pendragon," Wallace Boss, and E. Frost Smith. Price, Sixpence.

The Sporting Mirror. No. 4, Vol. 1, contains portraits of Fred
Archer, C. Blake ("Augur"), Horace Davenport, and J. H. L. Eeay. Price, Gd.

The Sporting Mirror. No. 5, Vol. 1, contains portraits of Admiral
Eous, J. Mitchel ("Vigilant"), W. G. George, and G. F. Grace. Price, Gd.

The Sporting Mirror. No. 6, Vol. 1, contains portraits of Lord M.
Beresford, G. H. Vize, L. E. Myers, andH. Srnerthwaite ("Bleys"). Price, Gd.

The Sporting* Mirror. No. 7, Vol. 2, contains portraits of T. B.
"Whitefcot, J. Webster, E. E. Merrill, and H. M. Oliver. Price, 6d.

The Sporting Mirror. No. 8, Vol. 2, contains portraits of G. Lacy
Hillier E. Trickett, G. Fordharn, and G. Atkinson. Price, Gd.

The Sporting Mirror. No. 9, Vol. 2, contains portraits of Tom Can-
non, Elias Laycock, W. Page Phillips, and Charles Crute. Price, Gd.

The Sporting Mirror. No. 10, Vol 2, contains portraits of 0. H.
Ashley, Richard Daft, Cb arles Wood, and C. H. Mason. Price, Gd.

PORTRAITS OF CELEBRITIES.

Any of the excellent portraits that have appeared in the Sporting Mirror to
be had under large steel grey cut mount. Price 6d. each. N.B.— These
should be ordered through a bookseller, being too large to pass through the
post. They comprise

Frost-Srnith, B.

George, W. G.

Grace, W. G.

Grace, G. F.

Hanlan, E.

Hillier, G. L.

Laycock, E.

Lockton, C.L.

Mason, C. H.

Mitchel, J. (" Vigilant")

Myers, L. E.

Merrill, E. E.

Oliver, H. M.

Ashley, C. H.
Astley, Sir John
Archer, Fied
Atkinson, G.
Beresford, Lord M.
Blake, C. (" Augur")
Cannon, Tom
Cooper, Fred
Constable, H.
Cortis, H. L.
Crute, C.
Daft, B.
Davenport, H.
Fordharn, G.

Phillips, W. P.

Reay, J. H. L.

Eosebery, Lord

Boss, Wallace

Eous, Admiral

Eowell, Charles

Sampson, H. (' Pendragon')

Srnerthwaite H. (" Bleys")

Trickett, E.

Vize, G. H.

Webster, J.

Wliitefoot, T. B.

Wood, C.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS,

The Sportsman says :— " An excellent magazine ; cleverly written sketches. Por-
traits beautifully executed," &c.

The Irish Times says :—" Promises to be the most interesting of the monthlies.
Most useful features. An admirable summary. Excellent illustrations of prominent
sportsmen. Attractive. Deals exhaustively with most branches of sport," <fcc.

The Daily Chronicle says : — " Good portraits," &c.

The Nottingham Guardian says :— Bears the stamp of careful compilation. Brightest
features. Beally excellent portraits. The book is most complete. A careful resume," &c.

The Newcastle Daily Chronicle says : — " Profusely illustrated. Excellent full-page
portraits on toned paper. A complete record of sporting and athletic doings," &c.

The Sheffield Daily Telegraph says :— " We are of opinion that no book ever issued,
devoted to all kinds of sport, will be more generally welcome. Beautiful portraits. Get
up and contents unexceptionable. A great success."

The New York Herald sajs: — "The Mirbob makes a good book for reference," &c.

The Toronto Mail says :— " Fills a wide and useful field, and therefore should com-
mand a large sale," &c.

The New York Sportsman says:— "A most useful addition to the sporting literature
of the day. Should commend itself to Americans."

Upwards of 1,300 equally favourable reviews in other papers.

Of all Booksellers, Newsagents, Bookstalls, &c, or of

HARRY ETHERINGTON, 152, FLEET STREET, E.C.

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No. 21.

JANUARY, 1882.

Vol. IV.

A BIGY6LIM * TRIGYGLING

Illustrated |jf agazine of ffport.

EDITED BY

HENRY STURMEY & C. W. NAIRN.

LONDON:

HARRY ETHERINGTON, 152, FLEET STREET, E.C.

COVENTRY:

ILIFFE & SON, 12, SMITHFORD STREET AND VICAR LANE.

ILIFFE « 80N PRINTERS. COVENTRY.

H- L. CORTIS, Amateur Champion, won the 25 aid 50 Miles,'

Amateur Championship Races on a Bicycle fitted with Bown's

"JEOLUS" Ball Bearings, heating record time-

BOWN'S

PATENT

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FRONT WHEELS, BACK WHEELS, AND PEDALS OF BICYCLES & TRICYCLES,

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Universally Adjustable, Dust or Dirt Proof, require

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As a proof of their vast superiority, all the principal Amateur and

Professional Bicycle Baces have been won by the use of these

celebrated Bearings.

Front Wheel Bearings.

Back Wheel Bearings.

Elevation. Section. Front View with
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Ball Pedals.

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SOLE PROPRIETOR AND MAKER,

N.B. — Manufacturer of every description of Fittings for Bicycles and
Stampings in Iron and Steel for same.

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The Matchless.

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Hundreds in daily use by the Postal Service, running from 20 to 40 miles
daily. A proof of their durability and easy running.

THE CHAMPION 10 MILE AMATEUR TRICYCLE RACE,

At the Fifty Miles Tricycle Race, on November 6th, 1880, from Finchley to
Hitchin and back, the four " Excelsior" Tricycles ridden by Messrs. H. J. Bell,
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specified time,

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Descriptive Price List, with Woodcuts and Testimonials, 48 pages, Id. stamp.

LONDON AGENTS:

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"TJIE CYCIdjSr PWFIp W0W

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THE "HOWE" MACHINE CO.'S
Bicycles & Tricycles

Are constructed of the best material, and by the most experienced of workmen .
They are planned on the surest mechanical principles, and possess all the
esirable "points" in 'cycling machines.

THE "HOWE" BICYCLE. 1 THE "HOWE" TRICYCLE.

Prices from £15 15s. Price, £16 16s.

THE "HOWE" MACHINE Co., Ld, Bridgeton, Glasgow.

London: 46, Queen Victoria Street.

BEANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES IN EVERY TOWN.

Second Thousand. Price 1/6 ; by Post, 1/8.

NAOTIGOS ffl HOBBY HORSE ;

Or, The Adventures of a Sailor during a Tricycle Cruise of

1427 Miles.

London : W. Eidgwat, 169, Piccadilly ; and Messrs. Smith & Sons' Bookstalls

See Keviews in mobe than Thibty Newspapers and Magazines.

THE "PIONEER"

BICYCLE.

H. J. PADSEY, University Bicycle Works,

BEDFORD ROAD, CLAPHAM, S.W.
Three Minutes' W alk from Clapham-road Railway Station.

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M. D. RUCKER, JUN., & Co.,

Letchford's Buildings, Bethnal Green, London, E.

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Advantages— The Eubber

CENTRAL PIN STEERING

Secured with Patent Nut of which X and Y are the plan and

elevation.

Advantages— Extra Kigidity. A greater and better is held securely without

bearing surface, and consequently less subject to wear, ease cement, is easily turned

of adjustment and impossibility to work loose. when worn, and is then

equal tto a' new tyre. The
rims being stiffer make

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Is made of best possible material, and for rigidity, strength, and appearance cannot be sur

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without extra charge.

PRICE, for any size, bright or japanned, with hall hear-
ings to hoth wheels, JE17 l»s. No Extras.

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With entirely new and most effective fastening to backbone.

Prices.— Best quality Cowhide, 21/- ; other materials, 15/-.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE " DEVON" SAFETY.

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THE 'FACILE' SAFETY BICYCLE.

(BEALE & STRAW'S PATENT.)

All who are interested; in
Bicycling, whether young" or
old, learners or practised riders,
should send for a pamphlets
descriptive of the " Facile,"
which is believed to be the
best machine ever invented,
meeting the requirements or
all classes of riders.

The size of front wheel for
a person of average height
varies from 34-in. to 42m., and
excellent work may be done
even with the smallest, with
the advantages o£ almost
absolute safety — great brake
power and facility for hill climb-
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dismounting, &c, &c.

TESTIMONIAL FROM CUTHBERT D. VESEY, ESQ.,

{Winner of the late 50 mile Tricycle Race.)

11, Princes Street, Cavendish Square§ W.,
Messrs. Ellis & Co. March 17, 1881.

p ^__yr/ Gentlemen, — I am pleased to inform you that I have given the 40-inch
" Facile" a most complete trial, and am very pleased with the result. I have
ridden it nearly 200 miles of all sorts of roads, so may claim to know something
about it. On the track at Surbiton I have ridden a mile in 3min. 28 sec, which
is a surprising speed for so small a wheel ; and with a specially built machine I
believe the time might be considerably reduced. For road work the "Facile"
is a capital machine. A speed of 10 miles an hour may be kept up, and it goes
over rough or muddy roads more easily and steadily than the ordinary bicycle. 7
There is no fear of going over the handles, so that it may be ridden over any-
thing. For hill work it is also very good. I have ridden both up and down
Oak Hill, Surbiton, which I cannot do on an ordinary bicycle. I came down
this hill, which is very steep, almost at walking pace, being able to use the
brake and treading back to almost any extent. Altogether 1 am very much
pleased with the " Facile," and think they ought to sell well during the coming
Tours very truly, CUTHBERT D. VESEY.

From the Sporting Life, September 13th, 1881.— " The match for a 5 Guinea Clip came
yesterday (Monday) on the main road from Hitchin to Finchley, twenty-five miles, resulting
i a victory for the "Facile." The winner, Mr. Boothroyd, rode a 40 inch "Facile," making
very fast time as follows:— Five miles, 23 min. 28 sec; ten miles, 46 min. 47 sec; twelve
miles and a half, or half way (Hatfield Railway Bridge), 58 min. 10 sec. ; fifteen miles, 1 hour
min. 36 sec. ; twenty miles, 1 hour 34 min. 30 sec. ; and twenty -five miles, 1 hour 58 min. 5 sec.
The roads were heavy, and rain fell for the greater portion of the race, or the time would
have been even better." Mr. Harry Etherington acted as referee and took the times.

SOLE AGENTS:

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(Adjoining Anderton's Hotel.)

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NOW READY !

THE THIRD ANNUAL XTRA

Xnjas Number of The Kyclist,

EDITED BY HENRY STUBMEl,

CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING

Articles, Christmas Tales, Romances, Adventurous Rides,

&c, &c.
THE YEAR OF SPORT. By the Editor.

HOW I PROVED AN ALIBI. By William J. Bull, Minerva B.C. (Author of " Odds & Ends").
A WILD, WILD RIDE ; or, The Mysteby op the Dead Hand. A Reminiscence of the

Great Meet of Bicyclists at Harrogate. By Walter Crompton, Capt. Warrington B.C.
MY BICYCLING EXPERIENCE. By " Beachey Head."
LONDON TO LEICESTER IN 189—. A Tale of the " German Occupation." By "Agonistes,"

Hampstead B.C.
BOYCOTTED. A Night's Adventure. By T. H. Holding, Prest. B. T.C.
A RIDE INTO DREAMLAND. By "B.," Canonhury B.C.
LA SOMNAMBULA. By " W.J.C."

THE MYSTERY OF THE MANTEL-PEECE. By " Choey Sawtell," Sherborne B.C.
AN ADVENTUROUS PIONEER RIDE IN AUSTRALIA. From Sydney, over the Blue

Mountains to the Temora Gold Fields, 360 Miles through the Bush. By " J.W."
THE CAPTAIN'S WIFE. By" Tommy B."
THAT GARRULOUS STRANGER. By "Ab Initio."

THE EFFECTS OF A BEEF-STEAK SUPPER. Two Illustrations. By " Smangle,"
J650 REWARD. By " Fabian." [Pickwick B.C.

CYCLISTS UNDER CANVAS ; or, Jottings fbom the Haebogate Camp. Twenty-five

Illustrations. By Lacy Hilher.
OUR YOUNGEST MEMBER. By " Bab Yardley."
A GLANCE AT OUR ADVERTISERS. By the Editor.

POEMS, BALLADS, RHYMES, &c.

INTRODUCTORY VERSES. By the Editor.

THE DOCTOR AND HIS TRICYCLE. Founded on Fact. By"W.N.M."

THE CRY OF HUNDREDS. By " Plated Treadles."

THE LEGEND OF SIR SCORCHALONG AND THE LADY POTOJAM. Eight Illustra-
tions. By " Faed."

THE FENIAN'S RIDE, Dedicated to and Written for Harry J. Swindley. By "Agonistes,"

THE B.T.C. By "A Zingari." LHampstead B.C.

OUR PRESIDENT'S GOOSE. By "August," B.T.C.

A DOGGEREL CATASTROPHE. By "A.R."

IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE. A Topical Bicycling Song. By " Tommy B."

CYCLING versus COURTSHIP. By " Aout."

NURSERY RHYMES. By "Aout."

SMEARS, SMUDGES, SPOTS, AND SPLUTTERINGS. By "Algernon Sidney."

THE UNATTACHED CYCLIST. Being the Lamentations and Confessions of a Bachelor
Tricycle Rider. By "August," B.T.C.

DELIGHTS OF THE WHEEL. By " Whiterius," B.T.C.

OVER THE HANDLE-BAR. A Parody. By " W.W., Junr."

A TRIBUTE. By "W.J.C."

ILLUSTRATIONS.

(In addition to the Dlustrated Articles and Verses mentioned above.)]
Coveb Sketch (illuminated in gold and colours). Fbontispiece. Nothing like a
Cheap Machine. 'Abby. Ye Boneshakeb. Up-Hill. Down-Hill. A Disputed Point
(allegorical of the Social Question). A Lady Tbioycleb of the Future. People who
Won't Get Out op the Wat. The Social Question. Rattling His Bones oveb the
Stones. A Sketch om the Path. On His Milky Whey. A Rash Attempt. Legs Oveb
(Six Illustrations). The Bicyclist ("According to the evidence usually given before
Magistrates," and "According to facts"). Foiled. Hats. Feet. Anotheb Grievance.
Legs. Explobing. An Incident (Scenes I. and II.), and others.

Also "A Page op Puzzles," by " Faed's Australian Cousin," for the solution of which
several prizes are offered. Conundbums. Odd Vebses, &c, &c, &c.

PRICE ONE SHILLING,

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By Royal ^.^^^^^fe^^^. Letters Patent.

Thomas Warwick,

MANUFACTUEEE OF

||ltj§l© Jittiip if every |)e£eriptioi.

Sole Maker of WOOLXEY'S

P^TEP J5PIW jSflDDIrtKft

PRICE— No. 1, with Flexible Sides, 6s. each.

,, No. 2, with Ordinary Plain Saddle, 4s. each.

WARWICK'S PATENT RIMS

Are now so well known, and are so strong and durable, that all riders should
have them on their Bicyclers.

flarge Jbsorttnent of Jltatmals of all kittfrs aJtoans in
^tock, of tat ftttislj antr quality,

INCLUDING

Eims, Spokes, Backbones, Hollow Forks, Hubs, Bearings,

Pedals, Springs, Lubricators, Oil Cans, Saddles

and Bags, Bells, Lamps,

And all parts finished and in the tongli. \

Stampings of every kind, of Best Quality.

Price Lists Free on application to the Works,

ALMA ST, ASTON NEW TOWN,

BIRMINGHAM.

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LOOK HERE II

A FIRST-CLASS BICYCLE AT A MODERATE PRICE.

WHERE CAN I GET IT? WHY FROM

WILLIAM ANDREWS,

5, STEELHOUSE LANE, BIRMINGHAM.

You will mike a mistake if you do not send at once for a Price List and Full
Particulars to the above address.

SPECIALITY :

MACHINES BUILT TO OWNER'S IDEAS.

ANDREWS' PATENT Latest Improvements in Bicycles, v .,
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THJB "re.I3Sr<35- OF THE ROAD"

And other well-known patterns of Bicycle and Tricycle Lamps.

Your name on brass plate put on lamp, gratis.

The KING'S OIL, specially prepared for burning in the "King of the Road,'

like all other new inventions, id the best in the market; 1/- per1 bottle.

VULCANIZED RUBBER COVERS FOR HANDLES OF BICYCLES, 3/- pep pair.

Lamplugh & Brown's Suspension Bi. and Tricycle Saddles, and Bown's

" ^olus " Ball Bearings and Pedals
kept in stock, and supplied to the trade at makers' prices; also BELLS, SPANNERS,
VALISES, and all the rest of the odds and ends required by the votaries of the wheel,
supplied by

J, H- DEARLOVE,

14, RYDON ST., NEW NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N.

Or can be had through any Bicycle Agent in the Kingdom.

BICYCLE TYRES,

Wholesale, or in single seljs as required. Cement from Is. 6d. per lb.
Pedal Eubber, &c.

Waterproof Bicycle Cape, in Bag, for 5/6; by Post, 6/-

WATEBPBOOF COLLARS, &c.

Write for Price List to the

EAST LONDON EUBBER CO.,

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THE

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MAKERS & INVENTORS OF

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THE WHEEL WORLdT

CONTENTS FOR JANUARY.

PAGE

" Our Press" in 1882 85

A New "Fashion" .. 87

Bicyoling Literature 90

The Poet's Message 94

A Lucky Chance • ..95

Illustration 99

Jottings from the Emerald Isle . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Illustration 101

"Esprit de Corps" .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 102

"How the Wheel World 'Wags'" 104

Bicycling 110

Amongst the Clubs 112

Coming Events Column for January . . . . . . . . . . 114

Boving Records (Land's End to John O'Groats) . . .. .. 115

Western Waifs .. 131

Cycling Celebrities — Charles R. Maddox 132

Patent Record 133

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WINTER AMUSEMENT ! ! WINTER AMUSEMENT ! ! !

Hundreds of Riders are now building their own machines and saving half cost.

Sole Manufacturers and Patentees. Infringers Prosecuted.

oKiffiSy, Patent Coventry "Hill Climber." cT^terSed-

SPEE2> AND POWJER AT Will !

Warranted to save half the labour on the steepest hills and against the wind.

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COMPANY, "National" Works, Spon Street, COVENTRY.

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Uamrarg, 1882.

"OUR PRESS" IN 1882.

MONGST the toasts which one hears at club dinners is
frequently that of "the press," and almost invariably do
either the proposers or the responders refer not only to what
the press has done for promoting and consolidating
bicycling, but also to the wonderful fact of" the sport" having, in so
short a period, obtained a press of its own. Now, the raison d'etre
of the bicycle press is not difficult to discover. There are far more
cricketers, football players, or even swimmers, than there are
bicyclists, but the sports named do not possess a distinct press.
It is not only the fact that there is so much more to advertise in con-
nection with bicycling that accounts for the existence of its press —
though no doubt the profits on a machine sold help much more
towards an advertisement fund for a firm, than would the sale of a
set of cricketing flannels, a football jersey, or even a pair of
swimming drawers — but there is that in the literature of bicycling
which renders it more interesting than remarks relating solely to any
of the sports or pastimes which we have enumerated. Men cannot
for ever go on reading of how many runs Jones made before he was
bowled ; how splendidly Brown played half-back ; or how Robinson
did so many lengths of the bath in his well-known style. Interesting,
no doubt, if one knows the men, but terribly tame reading with
which to fill an entire paper. In bicycling, however, much as men
may talk of the sameness of written tours, there is variety ; and, as
compared with accounts of, say, football matches, infinite variety.
Nor is this all, for while the cut of swimming drawers remains
much the same from year to year, the patterns of bicycles and
tricycles change frequently, and men scarcely ever tire of discussing
new points or improvements. This is all very good, and to those
interested in cycling there is ample in a journal properly conducted
to interest readers week by week, changing as the subjects do, from
racing in summer to festivities in winter, but always containing at
any season enough general matter to interest all. It is, of course,
very difficult for most men to attempt arguments on any point — be
that religion, politics, or only bicycling — without importing "feeling"
into the discussion. It is, however, the duty of an editor to care-
■ fully read and as ruthlessly excise any personal or offensive remarks
which may be sent to him in connection with communications for his
correspondence columns. That this is done in one, at least, of
our cycling journals must be ,a matter of congratulation, but
even with the greatest care offence will occasionally be given where
none was intended. Some men can " take " any amount of good-
humoured chaff, others become furious on the slightest pretence at

86 THE WHEEL WORLD.

it. For such, of course, no one can prepare, but for what we may
perhaps call "badger baiting," or attempts to draw men out in
discussions for the purpose of insulting them, whether from personal
or trade rival purposes, is a thing which should receive the strongest
marks of disapproval from all right thinking wheelmen. In America
we believe the system of person journalism first originated, but in
England, in general journalism, it has, we are happy to say, as yet
made but little headway. It is rarely that one finds an English
journal referring, in a commentatory style, at all to editorial state-
ments made in another journal, but when such is done, there is one
rule of journalistic etiquette that we never yet saw unforgotten. It
is, of course, known to professional journalists who it is that edits
any particular paper, but never do they so far forget their duty as
English gentlemen as to presume in public to go behind the editorial
"we." Whoever heard a journal, when criticising the opinions of
the Daily Telegraph, say " Mr. Levy thinks " so and so ; or, with
regard to the Morning Advertiser, that "Captain Hamber says"
this, that, or the other ? If any subordinate ever wrote so, no editor
would ever allow the MSS. to appear in print. The mere fact,
which is common enough in class journals, of having an editor's or
editors' names printed on the front sheet does^ not for one moment
release a journalist or other person from the infringement of etiquette
which is the result of a stepping behind the editorial "we." Articles
are not necessarily the personal work of an editor, and to talk of the
work of another as his is manifestly absurd. Some theatrical mana-
gers attempted something of this- kind recently, by advertising
extracts from the critiques which appeared in various papers, as the
opinions of the individual writers whose names they happened to
know from private sources. It was The Referee, we think, which
called attention to this, with the remark that no one cared a jot for
the opinion of Mr. Blank, though they might for the paper in which
Mr. Blank's notes appeared, with the full force of editorial sanction.
Take away the ermine robes, wig, and dignified surroundings of a
judge, and you find but a quiet old English gentlemen ! The
opinions of a paper should be taken and criticised, if necessary, as
the opinions of that paper, and not as those of whoever a person may
assume actually wrote such opinions. It is the neglect of this
general journalistic etiquette which has been the curse of the
bicycling press ; the attempting to irritate individuals by unfair
criticism, that has brought it to be, in many minds, an object of
dislike rather than " a guide, philosopher, and friend." That it will
ever be the earnest work of the proprietors of this magazine, not
only in its columns but in those of every publication they issue, to
keep its pages pure, and to admit no repartee to any taunt or sneer,
no matter how unjust or irritating it maybe, we need hardly assure
our readers. This is the ist of January, 1882, and in wishing all
wheelmen a Happy New Year, free from croppers and pregnant
with good runs, we ask their moral support to the platform which
we have in this article taken,

THE WHEEL WORLD. 87

A NEW " FASHION."

HEN we, in August last, invested in a double tricycle, we
had as little idea that we should derive as much pleasure
from that mode of progression — which we undoubtedly
have — as that it would practically set a fashion amongst
bicyclists. Naturally, after eight years on the press, knowing all
the prominent riders on two wheels, we have, on several occasions,
had spins during the winter with well-known " pedal pushers," and
in no instance has the bicyclist failed to express to us, in more or
less terms of approval, his delight at the trip, or his wonder that
"the thing" went so easily. More than "one or two" bicycle riders
have expressed their intention of " going in " for a double tri. in the
spring, and we shall be much surprised if some good performances
in this line are not done before another autumn's leaves fall.
M'Cullum Hill, Crute, Whiteman, Bayfield, Rucker, Venables,
Reece, and many other well-known "wheeling" men we could
mention, either have, or intend going in for, " a double." As in two
months the riding season will be on us, it may not, perhaps, there-
fore, be out of place to give, as the result of a careful, personal
experience — without which we never venture to write — what, in our
opinion, should form the points in a " 'bus," " omnitri," or
" elephant," as we have severally heard a double tricycle designated.

1 st. The seats should be side by side ; back to back affairs being,
sociably speaking, abominations.

2nd. The seats do not require backs, which are clumsy, and are
never used in practice. The seats, moreover, should be cushions
fitted on the new iron plate seats. These seats give as much if not
more grip than a saddle, and leave the parts which the use of a
saddle tends to injure, untouched. The legs are, moreover, left close
together in the best possible position for pedalling, and an amount
of "shoving power " can be obtained against the forward padded
edge of the seat, which no saddle can afford.

3rd. The handles should be adjustable as well as the seats. This
is most important, as of what use is it to a long-legged man that he
can raise his seat to suit the length of his legs, if he has to crane
downwards to grip his handles ?

4th. The steering wheel should be in front. This is a sine qua
non for safety, having regard to the tremendous pace at which a
double tri. can be run down hill.

5th. The driving wheels should never exceed 40 inches, as this is
the limit of width of most luggage compartments, or guards' vans'
doorways. This is a point of the utmost importance, because,
whatever a man's intentions, or his dislike to railways, may be, there
will come a time, sooner or later, when be will have to take to the
train. Forty-inch wheels, moreover, look better than do larger
wheels, which drown the human form. They should, of course, be
geared up ; and we may here state that, after great experience, we

88 THE WHEEL WORLD.

have not found that gearing up perceptibly affects power, whatever
it may do in theory. Weight is also saved by smaller wheels ; and
some of that saved may well be put into larger tyres, which
materially add to the comfort of running. Lamps are also affected
by small wheels, so we will touch on that in the next paragraph.

6th. Lamps, it should always be borne in mind, are primarily
wanted to protect the tricycle from collision, the showing of a light
to guide the rider on the road being quite a secondary consideration.
For this reason, we taboo the big lamp occasionally seen " dead
amidships." We also advise no third lamp being hung on the
front wheel, as the driver of an advancing trap may take the widetri.
to be three bicycles being ridden abreast, and expect them to give way,
finding the mistake only when too late. Lamps should not be
attached to the seats, as they jerk out, and the hands and arms of
the rider obstruct the light ; or as hub lamps, because there is a certain
amount of friction with these which, with the ample means of
attaching lamps to a tri., should not be incurred. Where small
wheels come in, in the lamp line, is that they allow of lamps being
hung by a curved bracket (which also can carry a light splash board)
outside the wheel, thus giving the advancing tricycle every chance
of obtaining room. Indeed, in the distance, one so " lamped "
might be taken for a small pony trap. The lamp question is by no
means a small one.

7th. The greatest vibration in a double tri. comes from the front
or small wheel. This we have tested by running it in a tramway
groove, when, although the large wheels were still on the stones, the
machine scarcely vibrated to any appreciable extent. This seems
to point to the want of a very steady and long head socket, and a
good, thick rubber tyre. Having regard to the great cross strain on
the front steering wheel when turning sharp, we should recommend
the adoption of Bell's compressed felloes, at any rate for this wheel,
if not for the other two.

8th. The only brake worth a rap in a tricycle is the band brake,
and this should be applied to both wheels, but by one application
only. The steering handle and brake lever should be in the control
of the driver of the machine only ; divided responsibility may mean
death !

gth. The fact that the steering gear has to be brought along the
centre tube supporting the small front wheel, necessitates the driver
sitting on the " wrong side," speaking from a " gig " point of view.
This has its inconveniences, because where a lady and gentleman
form the occupants, the former is placed next any advancing horse,
which may, if it shies, cause her much distress of mind. Again,
the gentleman having his right hand next the lady always engaged
in steering, cannot offer any of those delicate attentions — such as
the buttoning of a glove — which politeness might require en route.
Though not so important a point as the first named, this is one for
consideration, and if the steering gear could be so arranged as to bring
the gentleman's seat on the "off" side, it would be a great advantage.

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10th. Care should be taken that the lady's dress guard, next the
chain on her side, should be brought low enough to cover every
atom of the chain. We, through want of this, destroyed one
feminine ulster, and sundiy skirts, and therefore can claim this
point as an important one.

nth. Inasmuch us the driver of a " double tri." can see nothing
but the points of his partner's toes, there is nothing to be gained by
allowing her to incur any undignified exposure of nether limb, no
matter how graceful or how well hosed or shod, because such tends
but to derision from on-lookers. A screen or apron of some kind
should therefore be made as part of the machine, to han°", 1st
behind, on the axle bar, coming low enough down to cover the
bottom stroke of the pedals, and a light ironwork should support a
similar screen in front. As all ladies make large use of the foot-rests
however, the screen should not exceed these in height.

12th. A light detachable step to mount from behind, or for a third
person to stand on (for a short distance only !) should be supplied to
fit the axle. Irons, to carry a hamper, to be used either for clothes
or picnicking, should also be a feature in a thoroughly equipped
double tri. Good foot-rests in front are, of course, absolute necessa-
ries, the glory of a safe " run down " being the charm, par excellence,
of a " 'bus."

13th. It is also a necessity that the mode of raising and lowering
the seats should be simple and effective — the piano-stool screw being
best. Also that the fastening of the seats to the springs should be
done by means of bolts rivetted to the seat-bearers, and secured by
nuts and lock-nuts on the under side. The use of bolts alone is
not sufficient ; they work loose, and are a constant source of trouble.
The strain on these fastenings, when shoving against the front edge
of the seat, is immense.

14th. Ball bearings, we think, should be used in every case, and
we wonder that the great ball makers have not awoke to the idea.
Oil holes should be as simple as possible, and screw caps carefully
avoided, spring caps only being desirable.

We do not desire to urge that no double tricycle but one follow-
ing the above specification is any good, but we merely give our
experience as a practical rider of what, if followed, will give a very
satisfactory machine.

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BICYCLING LITERATURE.

By Harry J. Swindley, Hampstead B.C.

"Hie patet ingeniis campus.'''1

Oh ! nature's noblest gift — my grey-goose quill !
Slave of my thoughts, obedient to my will,
Torn from thy parent bird to form a pen —
That mighty instrument of little men !

— Bykon.

JONCOMITANT with the rise of bicycling as a sport, or
means of locomotion, has been the establishment of a
literature peculiarly its own. Since the first paper devoted
entirely to the pastime presented itself to those for whom
it endeavoured to cater, the tide of letters has surged onwards,
growing and gaining in strength with each successive year. The
wheel world of the present would find half the zest of the practice
of the sport vanished, if it were not able to become an fait with all
the incidents of cycling through the medium of its own press. This
information would be entirely wanting but for the regular publication
of the journals, papers and magazines now daily chronicling facts
and events to us peculiar, which are, and would be, entirely beyond
the province or even the ability of the ordinary sporting papers.
By the dissemmination of these facts through the agencies quoted,
the body bicycular has become of a much more homogenous and
plastic character, thus enabling those who were ready to stand in
the breach of liberty — formed by antagonistic public opinion — to
spread abroad their well-grounded fears, and obtain the moral
support which was necessary, before they could offer themselves as
the champions of a new amusement against a bitter and ill-merited
opposition. Not seldom has been made the assertion that the insti-
tution of a bicycling press has lowered the general tone of the sport ;
but to those who are in the habit of propounding such fallacious
ideas it is easy to indicate, as a crushing contradiction, the formation
of that bulwark of the pastime — the Bicycle Union. Without a
press of some description — a press entirely devoted to wheel
matters — this body could never have been founded ; and if founded,
would never have risen to the grand position it now holds amongst
the institutions of its kind. The work it has done, and has still to
do ; the regulation of, and legislation for, a huge and growing
vehicular traffic, could never have been performed without the assist-
ance of a spirited journalism. By such means the wants and
intentions of its executive are recognised, not only by cyclists at
home and abroad, but by all other divisions of sport-loving countries.
Another society which has to be thankful for its apparent success to
the press under consideration, is that association of unquestionable
utility — the Bicycle Touring Club. Whether touring cyclists and
others are benefited or not by the action of this body in assuming a
dinner-pricing prerogative, it is not in the province of an article like

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the present to attempt to determine ; but all-sufficient, as evidence
for the case in point, is the numerical strength of that amalgamated
confederation for the cheapening of sustentation. This is assuredly
sufficient proof of the value of a distinctive journalism as an
auxiliary to efficient union ; but not for this alone should we still
strenuously endeavour to maintain and uphold inviolable such dis-
tinction. The interchange of thought on a variety of subjects allied
to the sport, is another service rendered by these means, and one
that cannot be too highly valued. Numerous movements and
propositions,_which will indubitably have their assigned position in
the archives of the sport when such compilations become necessary,
have been mooted, discussed, and executed through the medium of
correspondence. That an element of weakness has been given to
this division of the wheeling press by the discussion of trivial and
worthless subjects cannot, without difficulty, be denied ; but it is
generally allowed, that the good to be derived from the continuation
of paper propositions and arguments preponderates immeasurably
over the derision excited through the meaningless effusions of
thoughtless, isolated contributors. Happily, these lucubrations of
doubtful utility are comparatively infrequent, in consequence of the
prompt and decisive opposition th^y meet with from those writers
whose pens are consistently governed by well-balanced minds. As
an example of the effect of a course of correspondence akin to that
referred to, it is necessary to draw attention to the string of opinions
which have been let loose on that ink-bespattered question of
" socials." Without a shadow of a doubt, a change — yes, and
one that promises to be a growing and lasting change — has
been brought about in this matter, solely and only through
the agency of the press. Already those who have essayed
to raise the dim curtain of the future, are gladdened by the
certain approach in the immediate present of sweeter and better
things. And, truly, in many cases there existed an Augean Stable
which only a Herculean power, like that of the press, could possibly
have been successful in divesting of its many nastinesses. The
correspondence and manifold expressions of opinion, which have
appeared from time to time in that essentially correspondential
journal, The Bicycling Neivs, are in great measure to be thanked,
and heartily thanked, for the initiation of this much-needed reform.
Had not the columns of this, and the other papers, been freely thrown
open for universal discussion, or had a bicycling press not existed,
and wheelmen depended for their quota of cycling news upon the
ordinary sporting papers, this plague-spot, which infected the wheel-
world ajike throughout, might have been found difficult of eradication.
But, slowly, through the means mentioned, the festering and angry
sore has become kind, and under efficient treatment will now, doubt-
less, heal and pass away, let us fervently hope never to return,
leaving the entire body in a healthy and orderly condition. With
such evidence of its unquestionable efficacy before us, it cannot be
deemed imprudent to hope that by this, one of the numerous far-

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reaching arms of our press, greater changes, the need of which is
only too evident, may be suggested, attempted and completed.

Touring (which has rightly been called the " backbone of cycling,"
for without it the bicycle would degenerate into a mere toy) and its
attendant pleasures have also their ability of assertion in the bicy-
cling press. There, those who have travelled through this and other
countries, and whose souls burn and memories teem with vivid re-
collections of the fair divine face of nature, of perils encountered and
encompassed, aud of kindly acts rendered in the free^masonry and
brotherhood of the sport, have opportunity to make known to others
less favoured than themselves, the pleasures which can be obtained
only by the employment and enjoyment of a "true steel wheel."
In this, as in all things else, unhappily, pitiless mediocrity will force
its unwelcome way, but nothing save actual experience can render
to the ignorant more pleasure than the perusals of those masterly
written accounts with which, during past years, we have been
favoured, from the pens of Maddox, Hampton-Roberts, " Agonistes,"
and other equally able individuals. But in the description of the
actual in connection with cycling, less difficulty is encountered than
in the endeavour to connect the sport with fictional occurrences. It
may be (to borrow a simile from great Carlyle), that the mechanical
appearance and conception of the modern bicycle is ill-calculated to
lend itself to what he (Carlyle) terms the dynamics of the mind.
Indisputable it is, that in any composition in which the bicycle is
made to hold a prominent position, or in which the main portions
are made dependent upon its use, there appears to be introduced
into such narration, no matter by whom the pen is wielded from
which it proceeds ; an element of ridiculousness, which it is im-
possible to eliminate entirely from the mind during its perusal. So
meteoric in its rapidity has been the rise of this modern vehicle, that
perhaps sufficient space has not been allowed for its entire dove-
tailment with the years-fixed habits of a people ; it needing, doubt-
less, the light, yet firm finishing touch of a bicycular Hawley Smart,
or a Whyte-Melyille, before such a blending can be perfectly and
inoffensively accomplished. Reference to humorous writings, such as
occasionally flow from the versatile pen of a Hillier or a " Faed,"
is not intended in the foregoing remarks, it being well-known that
many, the two gentlemen named in particular, have given to the
cycling world numerous amusing sketches. As an instance, it is
only necessary to quote that cleverly, though hastily-written effusion
of the amateur champion's, which appeared in the 1880 Christmas
Number of The Cyclist, entitled a " Bicycling Burlesque ; or, a
Burst on a Boneshaker ;" while an intensely funny description of the
experiences of an unhappy Dutchman, who had been inveigled into
the purchase of, and an attempt to ride, a "D.H.F.," appeared in
the " Wheel World" of November last.

Though treated hardly by the presiding genius of fiction, the
sport appears to be especially in the favour of the Poetic Muse,
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been offered up as a subject so continually and successfully at the
altar of Apollo, as the worship of the wheel. And its poets are
numerous, possessing ability of no common order. Such names
as " Aout," " Ab Initio," "Tommy B," "Agonistes," and the
like, are become as household words with every reading cyclist who
has a thought or care for the imaginative and intellectual section of
his amusement. That poetic fire will still continue to illumine
writers for the cycling press is, doubtless, the general wish, as by
the touch of its flame, its hard facts ore lighted up, and some
romantic element instilled thereby into its every-day commonplaces.

From Poetry to the Drama is but a step, but such hearty com-
mendation as may be accorded to the leading Poets of the Sport,
it is not possible to render to its Dramatists. The remarks which
have already been made in connection with Fiction and the Wheel
equally apply with respect to the Drama. The age is not ripe for
so startling an innovation as the introduction of a bicycle upon the
modern stage, nor will it allow readily the consecration of Dramatic
ability to things bicycular. Such plays as " Velocipedia," from the
unique pen of "Jupiter," would fail to interest, and might even
disgust an ordinary audience. For the successful exhibition of such
productions, an especially- interested -assemblage is essentially
necessary, before their peculiar power can be appreciated or
recognised. Nevertheless, it is to be hoped that as the world grows
in wisdom and in years, as the sport becomes more and more
universal, that opportunities will arise for the embodiment of a
purely bicycular play, which shall be readily understanded of the
people.

As an instance of what a press, which has not existed five years,
can do, perhaps permission will be rendered to point out the ready
response which has met Mr. English's application for help for the
sufferers by the now well-known tricycle accident; Although differ-
ing to a considerable extent in magnitude, it proves that our
distinctive press can assist its own unfortunates, as well as the Daily
Telegraph rush to the support of the victims of sorrowful fatalities.
This surely is something to be proud of, being, we think, unique in
the history of any sport. It is also remarkable that the appeal
appears in a bicycling paper.

We feel that much yet might be said upon and concerning the
daily widening circle of bicycling literature, but if the foregoing
remarks serve but to call attention for a short space of time to the
immensity of the subject,, and the illimitableness of its future, our
end in their compilation is attained.

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greatest distance in one hour (18| miles 210 yards), have been accomplished upon them. As a
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any other machine manufactured. The fact that the " Humber " bicycles are now almost
exclusively ridden by all bicyclists of distinction at the Universities and throughout the
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THE POET'S MESSAGE. ,

HO ! riders of the rapid wheel,
Come gather with the least delaying.
To all the host I now appeal,

So list to what this poet's saying.
I talk of nothing wondrous wise,

Still come, though, with a special pleading;
Yet only wish to draw your eyes,

Then leave to you the choice of reading.

I cannot sing a summer song,

For 'tis not yet the cycling season —
But I will not detain you long,

Nor do I write without a reason ;
And whilst descend the snowy flakes,

I wish to speak to all together,
So never mind the time it takes,

For none can ride this wintry weather.

I seem to see the wheelman now,

With gathered friends around the table ;
There's mirth impressed upon his brow,

For joy abounds from hall to gable.
And from the ceiling hangs, so fair,

A mass of mistletoe and holly ;
And Rose, — I wish that I were there

To claim, ah ! — something rather jolly !

I look again, and raise a cheer,

Fur lo ! the Chippendale is banished, —
The table's gone, the room is clear,

And carpets have completely vanished !
There ! May and George have mutely paired,

For they are of the best of dancers ;
But Fan and Tom are neatly squared,

And mean to cut the shine at Lancers.

But Arthur, 1 can see, elects

To lie beside the heated fender;
There he the wheeling news collects,

And pores alone in quiet splendour ;
He reads, till suddenly he cries,

" Say, girls, I've something now to show ye !
And whilst there beam the bluest eyes,

He tells what says the poet Joey.

Tis this I fain would say tojfyou,
And say it, too, with ardent feeling ;

For though your face I cannot view,
I know you dote on dulcet wheeling.

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Accept, then, do, these words sincere,

For cyclists, I, — this verse completing, —

Will wish you now a glad New Year,
And all the season 's fondest greeting !

"Joey" Sawtell, Sherborne B.C.

A LUCKY CHANCE.

By " Bab Yardley."
T'S no use trying to write," said Jack Medlicott, throwing
down his pen. " It is far too hot for ideas to flow well ;
so I think I'll go out for a walk."

He was right. The heat was excessive, even for an
August afternoon, and it had been so for some days. The little-
Southern seaside village in which he was staying, with its white
cottages, white shingle, and white chalk cliffs, glittered in the sun-
light ; the sea lay motionless, without a ripple ; the old sailors under
the shade of their boats, smoking and talking of fish ; the few
visitors were mostly lounging lazily amongst the rocks, sheltered by
large cotton umbrellas, which added to the general whiteness and
glare ; in fact, everyone was hot, and everything, though trying to
keep cool. All this Jack noticed, as, sauntering down the street, he
made his way towards the cliffs, hoping to find a faint breeze some-
where on the top of things.

But he was disappointed ; everything was as warm there as below,
and even the soft, springy turf was scorched and brown before its
time. After he had strolled for about a mile, he flung himself down
on the grass, and, beneath a huge gorse-bush, prepared to make
himself as comfortable as possible. He lit his pipe, and gazed sea-
wards with half-closed eyes. One or two sails, white or brown, were
.visible on the horizon, and in the foreground, out upon a reef of
rocks, uncovered at low water, and connected with the shore by a
sandy strip, was a figure in a white dress ; down below on the
shingle itself sat an old gentleman, reading, and- with an umbrella
of course. Jack gazed on, with his thoughts far away, until his
pipe fell from his lips, and he himself fell fast asleep.

The sun sank lower towards the West, as the afternoon wore
away ; the old gentleman's book had dropped, unheeded, on the top
of a defunct jelly-fish, of "ancient and fish-like smell" from long,
exposure, while the old gentlemen himself dozed, and smiled in his
dreams, as though they were bank shares, or such like pleasant
things. The white figure out'on the reef remained motionless, and
seemed to be under the same heat-spell which overpowered every
living being on that afternoon.

Jack Medlicott was certainly not an ill-looking fellow, as, clad in
flannels and a soft tennis-hat, he lay stretched at full length on the
turf. Without any near relations, he found himself forced, at the age

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of twenty-two, to look about for some means of earning his livelihood.
He could barely have existed on his income, so small was it, so, he
was struggling, with his pen, for fame — and what was nearer and
more important, bread and cheese, with perhaps the chance of butter
and other delicacies in the future. But, friendless as he was, he
found that progress in his profession was slow, and he was becoming
exceedingly downcast and despondent ; although by nature light-
hearted, during the last few weeks he had laughed but little. He felt
that if he only had the chance he could do something, but that
chance seemed to be. never coming. He had been living in this
small village throughout the summer, for it was quiet, and lodgings
were cheap. His only recreations were long walks by the shore, and
occasional rides into the surrounding country on his bicycle. His
purse would not allow of many sails, passionately fond though he
was of the sea. He was working away steadily at the biggest thing
he had as yet undertaken — a novel in two volumes ; but he had little
hope of finding a publisher, and therefore often wearied of his task
as he wrote. He was known to one or two magazine editors, and
now and again contributed to newspapers. He had written but
little in the bicycling press, although an ardent rider ; his novel, how-
ever, had a wheel idea running right through it, for he thought that
the subject would be somewhat new to the general public, and,
therefore, might catch the eye of some enterprising publisher. But
on this hot afternoon, as we have seen, he could make no headway.

The sun sank lower and lower, while the shadows gradually
lengthened. The cattle, leaving the shelter of the trees, began to
wander over the fields, while the birds, one by one, ran over their
notes, to see that everything was in tune for the evening song. The
sea had been softly creeping up over the sands, with scarcely a ripple
large enough to move the line of shells fringing it ; but still the
three figures remained motionless. Presently Jack woke with a start,
and thought he heard a shout. He sat up and rubbed his eyes.
How pleasant the gorse smelt. It was a shout, though, and there
was another ; so he jumped to his feet.

The old gentleman was rushing about the shore, wringing his
hands, and calling out loudly. The white figure was now standing
on the highest point of the reef, but the sea was by this time all
round it. Jack was at once as active as, a few moments before, he
had been lazy. He scrambled down the face of the cliff, by a rough
path worn by sailors and watchers for mackerel, and stood upon the
beach. The old gentleman ran up to him.

" Save my daughter !" he cried. " See, there she is — cut off by
the tide ! What shall I do ? What shall I do ? Oh ! the cruel sea ! "
and the tears rolled down his cheeks.

" I will do my best, sir, and bring her off, never fear." I can
swim like a fish, thank goodness. The current is horribly strong
round those rocks, though. Let me see : it is no use for you to go
to the village — a mile there and a mile back — for a boat ; it would be

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too late. Here, take my coat and waistcoat — mind the watch," and
he sat down on the stones, and hurriedly pulled off his shoes.

" The sand is not all covered yet, you see, and there will only be
about forty yards out of my depth. But coming back will be a
different thing. Sixty or a hundred yards, most likely ; and of course
your daughter doesn't swim. The tide comes in here like the very
deyil!"

He dashed down the beach, scattering the stones as he went. For
the first fifty yards he splashed through shallow water, but it grew
deeper and deeper as he went slowly on, until it reached his neck ;
then he began to swim. The old gentleman gave a great sob of
relief as Jack, grasping the long seaweed, drew himself up upon a
huge boulder. The young girl hurried to meet him, but the rocks
were honeycombed from the wear of the water, and the long bladder-
weed which covered them, delightful though it might be for children
to play with, was slimy and treacherous. In her haste she slipped,
and, with a cry of pain, fell.'" In a faint," muttered Jack to himself,
as he bent over her. " Perhaps it is best, as she will be less likely
to struggle." He picked her up, for she was small and light, and
stumbled with her to the edge. He tore off her leather belt, and
fastened one of her arms to his, and then, with a " God help us,"
splashed into the water. He soon found that it was useless to battle
against the current ; the only thing to be done was to strive to keep
heads above water. Fortunately the current set in towards the
shore, and if he could only manage to get out of it, as it whirled
past the point of the shingle-bank, they would be safe. Twice they
went under, and he thought that all was over ; there was a strange
singing in his ears, and he lived his whole life over again in a moment.

The old gentleman dashed over the beach, and made for the
furthest point of the spit of land. There was a fierce tide-jumble
here, where the flow and the ebb met ; into this Jack was whirled,
with his inanimate burden. The boiling water dashed him about
like a cork, and again they disappeared ; but, setting his teeth
together, he made one supreme effort — and then, just as he was
giving it up, and beginning to sink like a log, he felt himself grasped
by the hair. The old gentleman, up to his waist in water, had
managed to catch hold of him, and then succeeded in towing them to
shore.

Jack, after lying on the stones, still hot from the sun, for a few
moments, felt sufficiently recovered to stand up. The girl was
motionless, and apparently dead, and her father seemed almost
frantic with grief. But Jack, finding breath at last, explained that
she had fallen and hurt herself, and that in all probability her insen-
sibility was uot due to her immersion in the water, but to the pain
she had suffered before.

" AnyNvay," he said, " she will be in danger unless we can bring
her round soon, and get her back to the village. I suppose you
haven't any brandy ? Give me a few moments, and I shall be right
enough — then, I will carry her."

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They tried in vain ; she neither moved nor opened her eyes. Then
Jack, who had partly recovered, lifted her up bodily, and made his
way, as best he could, over the shingle. Their progress was not
rapid, for loose stones are not conducive to quick walking, and young
ladies, however light they may be, soon become heavy when held in
arms aching from a hard struggle with a cruel sea. The old gentle-
man, also, was too agitated and upset to give much help.

In time, however, they reached the inn door, amidst the amaze-
ment of the natives, and Jack staggered with his burden into the
kitchen. Everyone crowded after, and most of the women lost their
heads. But he bundled them all out without ceremony.

" Now, Mrs. Penhellick," he cried to the landlady, "you are the
only sensible woman amongst them. Please do just as 1 tell you.
The young lady isn't dead yet, and shan't die if I can help it. Send
all those people packing ! Make up a blazing fire ; get hot blankets ;
and place her on her side, so. Then, while I am sending for the
doctor, and seeing to things outside, undress her as fast as you can,
and scrub and rub (you as well, sir) as if your lives depended on> it —
hers does. Don't lose a moment. Directly she shows signs of
coming round, have something hot for her to drink."

Out he rushed, and despatched a man post-haste for the doctor.
Then he saw that a roaring fire was lit in a bedroom, with plenty of
hot clothing. In about ten minutes' time, thanks to the energy of
the landlady, the young girl opened her eyes, and breathed again ;
whereupon she was carried upstairs. Then Jack thought it was time
to get out of his wet flannels, for he began to feel rather queer, and
weak about the knees. Therefore he made his way to his lodgings,
but stumbled so as he went that two stalwart sailors had to help
him along. They were forced at last to carry him, undress him,
and put him to bed ; having done so, one of them went to see
whether the doctor had arrived, while the other, remaining, adminis-
tered to Jack — who now was sick and giddy, with his head all in a
whirl — with rough hands, but as gentle as a woman's.

In the meantime the young lady was getting better, but the doctor,
when he had come as fast as horse could bring him, found that one
of her ankles was broken. But for that, he said, she would be as
right as possible the next day. Then he went round to see Jack.

" Allow me to congratulate you, sir," said he.

" Please don't," was the reply.

"Very well. Now, have a good long sleep, with hot brandy and
water, or anything you fancy, to set you going, and then in the
morning you will be as right as a trivet."

About nine o'clock in the evening Jack felt all right again, but
very hungry. Therefore he got out of bed, and shouted down the
stairs for supper. If something nice was not brought up at once, he
vowed he would come down as he was.

So in a quarter of an hour he was sitting up in bed, wrapped in a
counterpane, and waited on by John Beer, the sailor, in the full
swing of a hearty meal. A piece of baked hake, with delicious

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stuffing, followed by the tail of a mackerel, delicately grilled ; then a
huge Cornish pasty, mysterious, but pleasing to a cultivated palate,
with half a cherry tart, and unlimited Cornish cream, almost equal
to that of Devon, for a grand finish. " A supper," as he said, with
a sigh of contentment, " fit for a king !"

After that, with a drowsy good night to John Beer, he turned over
and slept — without dreams, too — until ten o'clock on the following
morning.

(To be continued.)

The Civilian says :— " The Christmas Animal, Icycles, is well worth the perusal of all
classes, containing as it does a large mass of very readable matter. It is, however, to the
athlete, and above all the bicyclist, that it chiefly appeals, for in its pages are to be found
numerous articles to aid in passing a quiet hour, among which we must call particular
attention to one on 'Dark Kidiug,' from the forcible pen of 'H. B. B.,' in which that too
prevalent system of ' roping' is shewn up. There is also a large fund of useful information,
including the history of the Bicycle Union, racing of 1880, the work of the Touring Club,
and amateur records, as well as a list of the doughty deeds of that prince of riders, Mr. H. L.
Cortis. On the whole, Icycles is well got up, and we can conscientiously recommend it as a
companion to our numerous readers who take an interest in bicycling."

THE WHEEL WORLD,

JOTTINGS FROM THE EMERALD ISLE.

For the present — and for the next few months — there will be no
more bicycling here, except, perhaps, some, more daring than " their
fellows," take advantage of whatever fine, frosty days that are in
store ; but bicyclers of this daring disposition are " few and far
between," the majority of riders sticking to the wise (?) rule of
" putting the machines by for the winter."

One morning, while passing through Henry Street, I was witness
to a bicycle accident which occurred in the following way: — A young
gentleman was riding slowly down the street, which was remarkable,
as the street is asphalted ; but the cause of this solemn gait was at
once apparent, for every milliner's shop as he passed was treated to
a long stare — whether to admire himself in the plate-glass windows,
or to admire the young ladies dressing the " dummies," I am not in
a position to state — but certain it was, he was not intent on where he
was going, as he rode straight into a large hole, with the result of
an altered visage, and the big wheel of the machine giving a good
idea of what " squaring a circle " would be.

Perhaps it is not generally known to wheelmen in Dublin, that
Glendinning's " Wicklow " Hotel, Wicklow Street, is the head-
quarters of the B.T.C. I believe Millar's Hotel, Enniskerry, is also
about to become a B.T.C. house. I have often wondered why the
B.T.C. have not extended their operations to Ireland; comparatively
speaking, they have very few Irish members. I think this is because
there is no encouragement given to us to join, by increasing their
head-quarters over here, and also by reducing their hotel tariff. I
think they would greatly augment both their funds and membership.

The annual general meeting of the Dublin University B.C. was
held on Wednesday, 30th November. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing season: — President, A. Traill, M.D.,F. T. CD.;
vice-president, Professor Fitzgerald, F.T.C.D. ; captain, H. M.
Wright; hon. sec, R. Johnston, M.A., F.R.A.S. ; hon. treasurer,
G.W.Walker, Sch., B.A. ; committee, R. Hassard, B.A. ; A. J.
Boyd ; J. N. Seymour, B.A.; H. Nixon, B.A. ; F. T. Bagwell ; B.
Dickson; H. Disney; R. Pring ; W. R. Joynt, B.A.; R.Johnston.

I notice that lately some of the headings which appeared formerly
in the " W.W.," have been omitted. I hope we shall soon have a
revival of " Pickings and Stealings," " Pars, for the Parlour," &c.
While on this subject, I will give notice of motion to the editor, that
I will send him a sketch next month of what / would suggest as a
suitable heading for this page. — [Please draw it on transfer paper,
with transfer ink, if you do. — Ed.]

A glorious and a happy new year to all
My brother wheelmen, great and small.

" Athcuath,"

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" ESPRIT DE CORPS."

HE interesting editorial in last month's " Wheel World''
opens up many speculative issues, s and the writer, in
instancing the superannuated office seekers, whose exist-
ence is only too patent a factor in the decay of many of
our clubs, has placed his finger on a plague spot, which experience
will teach many among us is beyond the range of speculation. No
more deadly blow can be struck to the heart of a club than the
appointment of this class of man to office, especially if, as is
almost sure to be the case, he poses as the ultra conservative cham-
pion of obsolete crotchets and impracticable rules, against the
enterprise and energy of the youthful and practical party of pro-
gress, whose watchword is "Forward." And this leads to the
Gallicism heading this article, "esprit de corps!" What is it?
Our editor, in his enquiry into the causes of club decay or club
prosperity, ignores it, and ascribes the flourishing condition of some
clubs to a modification of the fable of the " Eagle and the Spider,"
opining that clubs have become elevated by clinging to the soaring
pinions of self-aggrandising officers. Granted that this hypothesis
supplies the answer in a few cases, is it a healthy supposition to base the
good names of any large proportion of our successful clubs upon ?
Rather let us look for some source of material good, more creditable
to. both officers and the men they govern. And " esprit de corps,"
whose nearest English equivalent in this sense would seem to be
the " belief in the honour of the club," is the true and demonstrable
reason of all club prosperity. In proportion as this spirit waxes
strong or wanes feebly among the members, so will the club's name
be known as that of a prominent and influential association what-
ever its numerical strength, or of a society nominally of bicyclists,
but actually of disjointed atoms with no power of concentration for
any purpose, be it bicycular or social.

To assert, as casual surface observers frequently have, and
probably will again assert, that new clubs are formed from old ones
invariably by men who, in their vanity, thirst for office, and have
been unable otherwise to obtain it, is a favourite and thoroughly'
fallacious argument, which carries conviction to the minds of many
men among us, who have never thought the matter out, in all its
bearings, for themselves.

In considering the question of the influence of "esprit de corps,"
therefore, a defence of the office seeker may be incorporated, and
indeed, not only a defence, but the one and only possible defence,
which can raise a man from the position of defendant in a prosecution
for vanity, such as the charge of office seeking involves, to the
honourable status of one who deserves well of his fellows, lies in
his successfully pleading the motive of " esprit de corps."

Let us take a suppositious case. " A" joins, at the solicitation of
a friend, the X.B.C. " A" is one of those men who thinks life

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worth living, and whatever is worth doing, worth doing well. Hence,
tracing his history back to his earlier years, we will find that at
school, while heading his class in work hours, he was also heading
his team in the football field, or organising paper chases, picking up
sides at cricket, chevy, &c. See him prevented — by accident, or what
not — from playing on a match day. Observe the frantic enthusiasm
with which he notes that drive of Brown's, or Smith's magnificent
catch at " long off;" and again the deep despondency, the plaintive
deprecatory shout of " Line up, Fairfield ;" the absolute yell of
triumph with which he greets the flying half-back, as, with the
leather well under his arm, he slips through the rival fifteen, and
drops a goal for the old school. Laugh at him, if you will, but that
is the sort of man to move a club along. Well, he joins this bicycle
club, he makes friends with the members, he likes them, and most
of them like him. He joins in winter, and his first club experience
is the holding of a concert. He sets to work and sells a lot of
tickets. On the night he finds a " frost," and has to apologise to
his friends. Palpable, mismanagement meets his view everywhere,
when once inducted into the mysteries of club working. He hears
his club spoken of in a pitying, contemptuous way, such as, " Oh,
the X.B.C. ! Yes, there are some very nice fellows among them, one
or two good racing men, too, but they never do anything particular,
no runs to speak of, no enthusiasm for the sport, and no name that
is ever heard of." He hears, and mentally endorses these senti-
ments, and talks among the members about them ; hears discontent
on all sides, and decides either to reform the club or leave it. Office
is not his object ; but he is determined to belong to no club he can-
not be proud of, and glory in. This is " esprit de corps" He
attempts, assisted by what his opponents call a " faction," to over-
come the " vis inerticc" of the club's executive. He fails, for,
hampered by rules which no other club would look at, and the
deadly offence of being young, he has no chance against the " hard-
headed" drones on the committee. " Let us alone, we are all right;
confound your enterprise," &c, &c, meet his endeavours, and being
unable to take pride and pleasure in his club, he resigns, a propor-
tion of his followers accompanying him.

A new club is formed, and he willingly and rightly takes office in
it. He is bound to show that he can do better than his late opponents,
and, generally speaking, he does. With one or two men after his
own heart, attracted by the enthusiasm for the sport, and energy of
•" A," the new club soon comes to the front, and man after man de-
taches himself from the X.B.C, to join the young Phoenix rising
from its ashes.

Now, the committee of the X.B.C. were all decent men enough,
good riders (when they rode), fair speakers, and pleasant com-
panions, but they had no " esprit de corps." Jog along in respect-
able mediocrity, failing from lack of business capacity ; whenever
they did attempt anything, they could, and did. The X.B.C. is de-

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caying ; the Phcenix is prospering. The reason of each process lies
respectively in the lack of, and redundancy of " esprit de corps."

A great deal of nonsense has been written about office seekers,
and no one has ever defended them, nor have the men on whose
characters what was intended to be a slur, but what was really in
certain cases a diploma of merit, been conferred, had the
opportunity of confuting the erroneous deductions of a half-informed
public. It cannot be too emphatically stated that, if a man displays
an aptitude for command, a desire for work, an enthusiasm for his
club and his sport, and is regarded by his compeers as a fit and
proper man to manage their affairs to the good of the common-
wealth, there is no earthly reason why he should not take office, and
be honoured instead of sneered at for wishing to do so. If an
energetic, eloquent speaker, belongs as a private member to any
large club, whose dormant condition and " hard-headed" executive
precludes any chance of progress in the paths of clubdom, and finds
" masterly inactivity" too firmly rooted for him to upheave, the best
thing he can do is to resign at once, and either join a smaller, and,
if possible, local club — where he has guarantees, in the names of the
officers, for enlightened views — or start a club himself. As our
editor remarked last month, there are to-day several small clubs,
where the members are a\\ friends, and numerical weakness is com-
pensated for by brain, energy, and " esprit de corps," which do more
for bicycling than many a bloated and unmanageable association, in
which " esprit de corps" is so feeble that it is almost impossible to.
get officers at all. " Deloraine."

"HOW THE WHEEL WORLD 'WAGS.'"

ICYCLING is going to the dogs ! All through the past
^ , year I have been weeping and gnashing my teeth, to
ISO witness tne defection of numberless good men and true,
SsSffill who have gradually been less regular in their attendance
at club runs, have been more frequent in their attendance at theatres,
palaces, and similar enervating places of time-wasting resort, and
have shewn to the thinking observer that their old love for wheeling
was slowly but surely giving place to an unworthy fondness for the
lazier pleasures to be derived from la-di-da-ism. And now, this
winter has put a clencher on the matter, by exhibiting the utter
collapse of the erewhile noted clubs, whose wintry runs used to be
the talk of the wheel world ; yea, even the hitherto hardy Highbury,
and the sometime stalwart Star, have given up their laurels without
a struggle, and consigned their bicycles to the limbo of hidden store-
houses, whilst the few of them who still retain a love for hebdomadal
mouthfuls of fresh air stoop to the meanness of footing it in
company, getting their feet thoroughly wet through, catching
innumerable colds, getting their umbrellas blown inside out — and
" serve them glad !" So that even in the mildest November and

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December which have visited London during the lifetime of most of
us, there has been the melancholy spectacle of streets and roads
deserted — utterly deserted — by the usually ubiquitous wheelman.
Verily, the wheel world waggeth but dolefully, and assumeth a
direction canine, muchly to the disgust of its well-wishers, including
the one and only " Axis," who has in vain explored every nook and
cranny within measurable distance of his abode, mounted anon
upon the tall and slender " fifty-six narrow-gauger," or, peradventure,
upon the lowly but safe and stable " fifty" three-wheeler, hoping
against hope to meet with -a wheeling brother, in whom to confide
his pent-up grief at the decadence of the generation, as proven by
the out-of-fashionableness of riding this fine though muddy weather.

And let me tell you, oh ! ye enervated deserters ! that ye lose
many a joyous jaunt on your jiggers this weather, and that those
of you who have not tried it thoroughly little reck of the delights
of being in good form during the cold months ; nor of the satisfaction
felt by the possessor of a tricycle at being able to take advantage of
these long, dark evenings, to initiate your sisters — yes, and other
fellows' sisters, too — into the mysteries of tricycular locomotion
Why, on one of the muddiest, windiest, nastiest days of December,
I spent three consecutive hours in teaching four young ladies — not
one of them my own sister, either — to ride my spirited little
I Cheylesmore," and their progress was so rapid as to make me
impatient for the time when the Coventry Machinists' Co. will deliver
my " Sociable," and so enable me to offer my fair friends a mount,
without putting myself to the inconvenience of running on foot
beside the machine. Eh ! Messieurs H. Highbury et S. Star, don't
you think double-tricycling better fun than stepping along the muddy
roads, with ponderous parapluies being blown about at the sweet
will of Boreas ?

" Beachey Head "is of my opinion, evidently, as is shewn by his
capital yarn in the " Sicklist Exmus No.;" and I beg to reciprocate
the kind expression which he honours me with, although, like
|j Spanks, Junr.," I never set eyes upon the genial Southern
Scrappist in my life to my knowledge, although I have such pleasant
memories of delightful hours spent in the charming watering-place
which nestles beneath the shadow of the frowning headland from
which " Beaky" takes his pseudonym, that I hope to soon remove
that reproach. Come out with the wife on your " Sociable," "Beach,"
next time you hear of " Axis" visiting Eastbourne ; and although I
cannot bring a similar encumbrance myself, I'll endeavour to bring
somebody else's wife — or prospective wife — instead. Is it a bargain ?

The great event of the past month was, undoubtedly, the appear-
ance of The Cyclist Xmas No., which certainly created a perfect
furore in wheel circles ; and its publication must have shewn the
outside public who chanced to see it, that our sport is " booming"
at a pace which leaves everything as far behind as the traditional
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congratulated and thanked for having given us such a splendid
addition to our literature. It certainly does lick creation into fits,
and is long chalks in advance of any other publication. If we go
on improving at this rate, considerable latitude must be allowed to
speculation upon the probabilities of what we shall see in igoi — that
year which Tommy B. is so very inquisitive about.

I remarked last month, that the prospects of the Lewisham
Assault-at-Arms assumed a very roseate appearance. Well, so they
did ; and as far as gate money went, the Lewishamites had nothing
to complain of. But when it comes to criticising the entertainment,
a wee mixture of disfavour must be made ; for, in the first place, the
platform was much too small, and the arrangements for the tug-of-
war broke down utterly, the whole affair being a failure through a
defective scale having been provided, allowing some teams to com-
pete who must have been really above the limit as to weight. Let
us hope that the more experienced Canonburians will take greater
precaution to insure the success of their second Assault, which, I
hear, is to take place early in February.

Another of my cherished traditions has been doomed to a rude
dissolution, the practice of men calling themselves champions with-
out having any credentials entitling them to the honour, which
practice I had' hitherto thought was entirely confined to the profes-
sional ranks, having now been initiated by an amateur, Mr. Vesey —
whose ride against time I mentioned last month — being at the present
moment cavorting gaily around the United States of America under
the guise of the English long-distance amateur champion, a distinc-
tion to which he has not the ghost of a claim.

The stoppage, by the almanack, of riding, has bereft Mr. John
Paget of his favourite amusement of launching invective and in-
justice at bicyclists, but a couple of tricycle riders who drove a
"Sociable" on the foothpath in Wandsworth have experienced the
regulation decision, that they must " shell out two guineas " a-piece,
and unless the youths were unusually ignorant cyclists, I must say
they richly deserved it, for being so foolhardy as to do such a thing
— reprehensible at any time, but heinous when within the jurisdiction
of the great John.

Since the foregoing was in type, I have been looking through the
weekly companion to the Wheel World, and am astonished at the
remark of a tricycling correspondent thereof, who says that the
" Cheylesmore" " is a difficult machine to learn." JPutting my own
experience out of the calculation, on account of my bicycling prac-
tice making it an easy thing to take to tricycling, I need only say
that I have taught several young ladies, who had never
been on a tricycle in their lives, to propeL and manage the
" Cheylesmore " in a few minutes, and after a few hints as to keep-
ing the feet on the treadles during the revolutions, and steering,
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for me to keep up with them, running alongside on foot ; whilst in
the case of one of them, who seemed to acquire the notion by magic,
I was soon compelled to give up the chase, and left her to spin
round the roads at a very respectable rate. And as all this was in
the muddiest part of the year, I think it proves that the " Cheyles-
more" is eminently suited for ladies' use, and as easy to learn as any
other pattern of tricycle.

In the same " pushing penn'orth " is a suggestion for establishing
an Order of Merit, apparently on a similar plan to that which " Mr.
Sjac " proposed for the B.T.C. some years ago, and in my humble
opinion destined to be consigned to the same degree of oblivion as
was the project for dubbing energetic workers " Fellows of the
B.T.C'

Forty-odd members of the Touring Club mustered, at a fortnight's
notice, at Bradford, in the middle of December, and with much
deliberation proceeded to pick to pieces and reconstruct the volu-
minous rules governing four thousand two hundred and odd mem-
bers of the said institution. This may appear to be a proper way of
doing such things in the provinces, but it strikes me that it is a
method singularly open to abuse, and bearing in mind the many
alterations which have been made in these same rules at varying
periods ever since the club was established, the enquiring mind is
lost in a vague chaos of wonder at what possibilities exist in the
future for gentlemen, with a mania for legislation, altering and
revising the rules of this wondrous club. But with a sigh of relief it'
was that I found that the name of the club was not to be changed ;
to abolish those familiar initials — B.T.C. — would have been to haul
down the fabric upon which the enthusiasm of hosts of touring club
monomaniacs have placed their hopes of happiness ; the mystic
letters, B., and T., and C. have acquired a position which is regarded
with little short of veneration by, the early founders and supporters
of the largest club in the world ; and it is to the possession of the
mania by these busy workers that the club owes its position. At
any rate, them's my sentiments, and my editor cannot alter the
fact by expressing a contrary opinion in one of the footnotes with
which he is so apt to demolish, at one fell stroke, all my most
cherished paragraphs, in which I have laid the flattering unction to
my soul that there were the germs of true genius. [Don't know
what we might do if we tried. — Ed.]

Whether the Hampton Court Meet will again be held, or whether
the majority of Metropolitan clubmen will decide that, having served
its purpose, it is not worth troubling about again, is one of the
burning questions which endeavours to infuse a little warmth into
these cold times. It is agreed by veterans that the Meet has fully
served the purpose for which it was established, and according to all
appearances none but the young idea among clubmen seem to desire
its continuance. Novelty will always act as a powerful incentive to
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were in knickerbockers when the first Meet was held at Hampton
Court, the affair is still attractive for the sake of novelty ; but to men
who detest taking a lot of trouble for no earthly purpose, such a
thing as the Hampton Court Meet is looked upon as a worn-out
invention, which has served the purpose for which it was intended,
and is now as useless as a stage-coach was after the introduction of
steam. The truth is the "kids" like to show off, and in the Meet
there appears to be some vague, undefined attraction which lures on
the green 'uns to get excited, incur expense and trouble to get to
Bushey Park, and after going through the ordeal of the procession
without finding any such satisfaction as they anticipated, yet con-
clude, each of them, that the affair was highly successful and pleasant,
although they would find it difficult to say in what respect they
found it so. It is quite a case of the pleasures of expectation ;
before the day, the jollity of the coming event is looked forward to
with a sensation similar to that which stimulates the minds of
children who are looking forward to the Christmas tree. When the
morning comes, the wheelman longs for business hours to close ;
then, when mounted and fairly en route, he is impatient to reach
Hampton Green ; arrived there, nothing is to be done but wait for
the start ; the bugle sounds, and the hopeful cyclist stamps like a
mettlesome horse for the turn of his bicycle club to mount ; the mount
effected, a long, laborious ride at snail's pace, with no interesting
features whatever, excepting the anticipation of what is ahead —
always ahead — culminates in the long expected but sorely disap-
pointing crawl down the famous chestnut avenue, with no opportu-
nity for the rider's gaze to wander anywhere from the machine of
the man in front. Still looking to the immediate future, the clubman
leaves the park by the Lion Gates, and dismounts, the meet over, and
an unseemly scramble for refreshments ending by a ride home with
no clearly defined idea of what gave pleasure, or indeed whether any
pleasure was really obtained from the affair, but with an inward and
perhaps expressed opinion that next year's Meet will be jolly, and no
mistake; all of which goes to prove, over and over again, "the truth
of the old saw that " man never is, but always to be, blest !"

I recently met an unattached rider who gave a novel reason for
wishing the Meet to be continued. It was, that if there was a big
Meet all the clubs would be there, and unattached men could then
enjoy the unusual luxury of a ride down the usual club-run routes, in
an unusual state of freedom from the presence of the badgers. This
is about as good a reason for the continuance of the Meet as any yet
advanced.

Let the edict go forth that all wheel whirlers tender their thanks
to the Union and the Touring Club for having successfully brought
the war with the railway monopolists to a close. Gallantly and
valiantly did the Union declare war, and long and unsuccessfuly did
its officers carry on hostilities ; but for years no allies arrived on the
field to back up the efforts of the crusaders, and the soldiers had well-
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its influence into the scale, and at one fell swoop decided the contest.
Nominal rates for thecarriage of bicycles as passengers' luggage are
now to come into force, and no more will the railway brigands laugh
and grow fat on the extortionate charges erstwhile wrung from
powerless pilgrims through their domains. But still there is one
little thing which I cannot quite see the force of, and which might
have been remedied " while they were about it." If I go from
London to Brighton I am charged one shilling for the privilege of
stowing my bicycle amongst the luggage ; but if I go from Broad
Street to Shoreditch, or from Camden Town to Chalk Farm, or from
Ludgate Hill to Snow Hill, or from Liverpool Street to Bishopsgate
— either of which journeys is about half-a-mile in extent — although
I pay but a penny for my own fare, I find that I am still charged a
shilling for the same privilege of stowing my machine amongst the
portmanteaus, fish baskets, boxes, and carpet bags in the guard's
van. That's what puzzles a man with any taste for adjusting pro-
portions, and as I am under the necessity of going short journeys
of from 2 to 5 miles by train very frequently during the season, it
seems as though I ought to be allowed to stow my "jigger" amongst
the gratuitously-carried luggage of the other passengers without
paying so much as a " bob " per journey in addition to my own fare.

I have it on the best authority, that there was quite a panic created
in the offices of a wheel newspaper recently, by the discovery that
the editorial scissors could not be found. " Where's the scissors ?"
was roared from one to the other of the staff, and the cheeks of the
editor-in-chief blanched to a ghostly degree when the appalling
intelligence was announced that the implement could not be found.
& How on earth are we to brine; out the paper ? " was the terror-
stricken enquiry, and the subordinate scribblers joined in their chief's
horror-struck foreboding, until, with a glad wild shriek of " Eureka !
Eureka !" the office boy unearthed the shears, and happiness was once
more regnant in the domain, whilst the echoing walls reflected the
sound of nought but the click, click, of the steel blades.

With characteristic determination, the Council of the Union has
resolved, by an overwhelming majority, to give the provinces a share
of this year's amateur championship races, and it remains now to be
seen whether the provincials will come to the scratch and prove that,
given a fair field, they will support the Union as a Union for ■
England, as thoroughly as the much-maligned Cocknies have sup-
ported the " provincial" B.T.C. as a B.T.C. for England. At present,
as the Hibernian would say, the reciprocity is all on one side, but
there are not wanting evidences of coming enlightenment through-
out the country ; and the promoters of the Liverpool, and the
Dorchester and Weymouth Local Centres, are to be congratulated
upon initiating a movement which is destined to extend over the
length and breadth of the land. The Midlands should form a very
strong branch, and I anticipate that the North Warwickshire B.C.,
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date form the nucleus of a local centre for Birmingham and district
which will be the most influential and useful in the land.

I commenced this month's record of wheel waggings by deploring
the dulness of the times, and indulging in a little of the sentiment
of laudator temporis acti ; but since then I have ridden some fifty
miles and attended three or four very jolly little club dances, and am
consequently disposed to be less sweeping in my condemnation of
the utterly utterness of clubmen's inactivity ; the Rovers, who have
carried all before them this season in matters terpsichorean, having
proved themselves possessed of a degree of esprit de corps which augurs
well for their future re-invigoration when the springcomes round again.
So I won't be severe upon such clubs as really do get up reasonable
and enjoyable winter entertainments, although I must still hold to
my opinion that they ought not to forsake their wheels entirely. As I
write, hopes are being entertained that a sufficient number of men
will turn out on Boxing-day to make it feasible to run a paper-chase
on one or both sides of the Thames, but whether that event comes
off or not, I will conclude by wishing my readers all the happiest
and most prosperous of New Years, in which to get as much value
out of their bicycles and tricycles as they possibly can. " Poll early
and often," says the burlesque electioneering agent; and "ride early
and often, in 1882," says " Axis;"

BICYCLING.

Hark ! the merry bugle peals a sound,
Till the rous'd echoes ring the hills around ;
From doors half-open'd peeps out many a face, —
The grandam' hobbles from her wonted place ';
While noisy urchins scour the village through,
To hail the cycle wheeling into view ! —
A thing of wonder to a rustic throng,
Who shout and gambol as it whirls along ;
Or, idly vent'rous, run unpleasant near,
Keeping the wheelman constantly in fear ;
While at the blacksmith's murky door preside,
With solemn eyes, and mouths all gaping wide,
A prying group — that pertinacious class
Who quiz, profoundly, as the cycles pass.
Triumph of Art ! thou graceful, silent thing,
I ne'er will tire thy praises for to sing,
Compactly fashion 'd to a useful form
To poise the rider, and keep the body warm, —
Let Life and Commerce — Love and Pleasure show
What daily blessings to thy speed we owe :
Sure of thy strength, see the friend depart
To press the absent to his faithful heart ;

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Swift as thy speed, behold the lover fly
On love's warm breast to breathe a welcome sigh ;
The proud and mean, the hapless and the gay,
Thou waft'st them all along their various way.

And pleasant 'tis, when winter's icy chill

Sweeps o'er the meadow and the rill,

On frost-bound road to pass the milestones by,

Stretch the free limb, and brace the languid eye :

But sweeter far on some auspicious day

When fleecy clouds the crystal sky inlay,

And choral breezes o'er the meadow spring

Like uncaged birds, exultant on the wing,

Riding a cycle, to leave the smoke dim town,

And view the shining mead, and sloping down,

The wood-crown'd hills, and laughing streams that glide

While sunbeams gambol on their gurgling tide.

How warms the spirit into young delight,

As views romantic greet the gladden 'd sight,

While lip and brow partake the fresh wing'd breeze,

Till fancy echoes to the warbling trees ;

'Tis now as slow and soft some distant bell

Dies on the air, with sound's delicious spell,

That earthly-feelings faint off, one by one,

Like icedrops melting from the noontide sun ;

Till soften'd all, they mix in one soft sigh,

Or bask delighted in the beaming eye.

By moonlight too, when vale and coppice gleam,
Like landscapes pictured in a poet's dream,
How charming from the saddle with errant eye
To mark the glimmering meadows gliding by ; —
The spectral valley or the dark-browed hill,
The woods in dewy slumber, dark and still,
A twinkling light from some far off abode,
Or waggon winding up the lonesome road,
While the meek night-bird's melancholy lay
Melts like a wreath of woven sound away !

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The Cambridge University B.C. sec. is again C. A. E. Pollock,
B.A., of Trinity. G. D. Day, of St. John's, is captain ; and, of
course, Gerard Cobb, M.A.,*the accomplished bursar of Trinity,
remains president.

The Hampstead have found a cheap teaing house in the Railway
Tavern, at Feltham, where for gd. they had tea, eggs, jam, &c.
B.T.C. men warned off!

Winter walks have been the rule of late amongst Metropolitan clubs >
and we find the Belsize talking of cosy quarters at the Torrington
Arms, Finchley, and the Adam and Eve at Mill Hill.

The Highbury have this year deserted their Mildmay Park head-
quarters, and decided to dine at Anderton's, on the 7th instant. The
Holborn and Anderton's seem to share pretty equally this season the
cyclists' feeds.

" Socials " here, and " socials" there, " socials" everywhere, was
the rule last month amongst London clubs. Any rider, with the
time and means at his disposal, could have been at a bicycling fes-
tivity every night (bar Sundays) in December.

Sixteen members to tea at Elstree, some walking, some bicycling,
and some tricycling, is the report of the Temple B.C. on a recent
Saturday afternoon's performance. This smacks of bad roads, when
peds., bikes, and t.rikes make equal time !

The Hampstead B.C. are going to challenge the Belsize to a hill-
climbing competition, and if the Canonburyand Hornsey do not take
up another open Muswell Hill trial, the Hampstead and London
Scottish will do so.

Leslie; the energetic captain of the London Scottish, has resigned
in order to take the secretarial portfolio; and Mr. A. H. Darlington,
the well-known hard rider, becomes captain in place of " McFerson."

There was quite a collection of well-known men at the Belgrave
Dramatic Entertainment at the Ladbroke Hall, last month, when,
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up until 3 a.m. Gracious goodness, how crowded the room was
too!

Sir Charles Palmer, a grey-haired baronet, who sings Irish songs
and gives recitations, has requested permission to join the Saturn
B.C. as an honorary member, and the request has been granted.

Merton seems a favourite spot with musical cyclists, the Orion
having had a winter " social" last month at the Duke of Edinburgh.
Our old friend, Harry Ching, lays himself out for " socials" at his
new house, the Grove, Double Gates, Merton; and Love, of the
Bay Tree, flogs the world for cheap grub.

Have the Diamonds hada split? — as we notice a very satirical letter-
published from " De Rose," who was lately hon. sec. of that club,
evidently aimed at someone or other.

The clubs will be asked next month to decide whether there shall
be another monster meet, and whether the locus in quo shall be
Hampton Court. We'll lay odds the event comes off just as it has.
done for years past.

Mr. Clapperton proposed the " racing men" at the annual dinner
of the Renfrewshire. His name is suggestive of a long speech.
" Hieland Charlie" telegraphed his regret at not being able to be
present. Married vnow, by Jove, I say !

The Hornsey officers have been shuffling themselves about.
Algernon Prout from hon. sec. becomes captain ; H. E. Curtis, of
canoeing fame, takes the secretaryship ; H. Turner becomes,
treasurer in place of H. R. Waller ; and that legal luminary takes
H. T.'s seat at the Union. A. J. Bamber, of B. & W. notoriety,
becomes sub-captain, and everybody is happy.

Mr. George Ashmead, hon. sec. of the Clifton B.C., has probably
the longest address of any club official ; it is — Glenthorn, Alma Vale,.
Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol!

The caste chosen finally from among the members of the Hamp-
stead B.C. to play in the comedy drama " Alone," at Kilburn Town
Hall, on 19th January, comprises the well-known names of Chas. R.
Maddox, C. E. Rowden, Harry J. Swindley, and J. H. Stephenson.
The Misses Rowden and Macarthur are, we hear, in every way equal,
and in some respects superior, in histrionic talent to their male col-
leagues.

An Instantaneous Photograph of the Hampton Court Meet, showing the riders going at
full speed ; a marvellous specimen of photography. May be obtained, price 6d., post free 6|d.
of Harry Etherington, 152, Fleet Street, London.

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COMING EVENTS COLUMN FOR JANUARY.

Hon. Sees, should send, on a separate post card, notice of events
intended for this column to our London Editor, at 5, Bamborough

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Speedwell ball at Birmingham.
Metropolitan dance at Brecknock Road.
Kilburn " social" at Canterbury Arms.
Highgate ball at Athenaeum, Camden Road.
Beaufort dinner at Anderton's.
Highbury dinner at Anderton's.
Clapham Park dinner at Anderton's.
Sunday.

Brighton Excelsior ball at Pavilion.
Stanley dinner at Holborn.
Star dinner at Holborn.
Stanhope dinner at Holborn.
Argyle discussion at King's Cross.
Crichton ball at Crystal Palace Hotel.
Waverley dinner at London Tavern.
City of London dinner at H. Q.
St. James's concert.
Sunday.

Hornsey dinner at Holborn.
Croydon ball at Thornton Heath.
Beaufort smoker at Odell Arms.
Hampstead dramatics at Kilburn Town Hall.
Metropolitan dance at Brecknock Road.
Edinburgh Rovers ball at Waterloo Rooms.

Arion dinner at Holborn.
Sunday.

Civil Service ball at Kensington Town Hall.
Ariel ball at Defoe Road, Stoke Newington.
Hornsey ball at Athenaeum, Camden Road.
Argyle discussion.
Centaur and Zephyr ball at Eyre Arms.

Sunday.

iEolus ball at Wellington Hall,. Islington.

North London ball at Cannon Street Hotel.

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LAND'S END TO JOHN O'GROATS.

By Blackwell and Harman.
When, earl}' in the year '80, H. B., Junr., asked me to accompany
him in a run from Cornwall to North of Scotland, I rather ridiculed
the idea, but he was so set upon it that I thought the matter careful!}'
over, and finally decided to start, and chance ever finishing such a
seemingly ambitious ride. So, on the 10th of July, about 7 in the even-
ing, we mounted at Finsbury Park and rode to Paddington, where we
took the night train to Penzance ; paying, I think, 8s. for each
machine, which we afterwards regretted, as we were not asked to
show the tickets, nor to give them up at our journey's end. A night
journey by rail is the same all the world over to those not used to
it; a feeling of perfect ignorance of sleep is engendered, until
nearly morning, when a few fitful dozes are got, but which none will
own to when accused of indulging in. Penzance reached, we break-
fasted at the Western Hotel (B.T.C.), where we were made very
comfortable; mounting afterwards for Land's End, making for
that undesirable spot via Seenan and the Logan Rock. Now, as I
am writing this chiefly for the benefit of those parties who dont
know the road, let me warn them against riding from Penzance to
Seenan. Possibly there are men in the world who could cull pleasure
from such a ride, or who are formed posteriorly of such adamantine
material that nothing can hurt them. To such I have nothing to
say, but to the bulk of the bicycling community I should say,
8 If your life depends on your riding to Land's End by way of
the Logan, don't go." Leaving Penzance, we had for half a mile or so
slippery macadam ; and then on to Seenan a continuance of what is
generally picturesquely termed undulating country, but which H.B.
more haply termed " deuced hilly," expressive if nothing more ; but
how to describe the surface of this road without using the swears is
a puzzler. Where there was not a big hole like a small grave, there
was a rock like an adult gravestone, only it generally had the
decency to lay down ; with here and there a small cliff sticking up
playfully in the middle of the road, necessitating a run into the
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Logan was, and is, a murderous hill with villainous surface, and a
kingdom-come look about it at the bottom ; part of the way up the
other side Seenan is situated. Here we left our machines, and
walked along the cliffs to get a view of that oscillatory freak of
nature, or of our old school friends the Druids, yclept the Logan
Rock. If anyone wants a history of such curiosities he must invest
in a guide book, as I have no space to dilate on them here. Some
enterprising middy tumbled this stone over sometime back, and was
politely told by the Board of Admiralty, or some kindred body, that
it (the Board) would place no obstacle in the way of replacing it,
could he afford it. Afford it or not, he did not run counter to the
prejudice of that august body. Walked up the hill out of Seenan >
and a few miles run and we reached Land's End, which, as everyone
knows, is a fine mass of broken rock, but not so impressive as one
could wish or expect, although, compared with the " other corner,"
is simply grand. Here are situated the " First and Last Hotel" and
the " First and Last Inn " in England. We thought of sleeping in
the first of these rivals to the honour of the Alpha and Omeganies
of hotelism, but the best of the two lost so much by comparison
with the one we had left at Penzance that we decided to get back,,
and 12 miles of unpleasant riding landed us again in a comfortable
hostelry (Land's End to Penzance 12 miles). Here we met the
B.T.C. Consul, who gave us useful information as to roads to
Plymouth.

Sunday, July nth. — H. B. being very unwell, we spent the day
lazily. After dinner he determined to get on to Falmouth to
try the more bracing air, and await me.

Monday, 12th. — An early start ; mounted as the clock struck 6.
To Marizion (15), rough but level ; good hill, from which a fair view'
is had of Penzance lying quietly in a small bay, and the surrounding
country ; after which the road greatly improved, but not so the
country. On all sides was seen traces of the departed glory of the
tin district; old mines which, during low prices and bad trade, it does
not pay to work, are the chief factors in the landscape, with chimney
shafts by the dozen pointing gloomily to the sky, as if calling it to
witness the state of decay into which they have been allowed to fall.
I was here overtaken by Mr. Couch, C.C., B.T.C, who was to have
started with me, but overslept himself ; he soon turned back, however,,
after some final directions as to roads. The road had very much
improved, barring its undulating propensities. At Ashtown, a very
charming run down through Roseladder Gate, a stiffish rise up
Antion Hill, and another long " legs over " through pretty scenery
landed me at the foot of the steep hill through Helston, most of
which had to be walked. From here to Penryn the road was like
a 'bus conductor, all up and down ; nothing very serious in the way of
hills, but enough to try one before breakfast. Penryn (36) reached
at 8.30. Breakfast ordered by H. B. ready for me at " King's Arms."
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wanted careful riding, as cobbles were met with at the bottom. A
short rest and peep at the new cathedral works, and we had a long tiring
hill, which took some steady pedalling to surmount ; but any incon-
venience of this sort was balanced by the surrounding country. At
Blue Anchor (a village and " pub ") the weather, which had been
beautiful, suddenly changed, and we were driven into the inn for
shelter, taking the opportunity for feeding. An hour or so of this,
and we started again through Indian Queen (village " pub "

again) and across Moor, a bleak enough spot in such weather,

in all conscience, but with a beautiful road of about 3 miles over it.
Half-way across, rain came on heavier than ever ; so, seeing a
farm road running off at right angles and crossing the railway which
ran parallel with us, we made for the signalman's cottage, where we
got shelter. After praising the baby in part return for a dry by the
fire, which was a luxury even in July, we tried our luck again,
mounted, and had a dreadfully muddy run into Bodmin (70), all
sentiment washed out of us, and more inclined to admire the inside
of a comfortable room than the undoubted beauties of the country.
The rain having settled itself comfortably for the night into a funereal
sort of drizzle, enough to annoy but not to stop an ardent rider, we
soon left Bodmin. The road now lay through the prettiest lanes
we had experienced, running some miles by side of bubbling trout
streams, and under beautiful overhanging foliage, almost tropical in
its luxuriance. We left the proper road about 3 miles from Bodmin,
turned up to the right towards Bodmin Station instead of taking the
left-hand road, which delayed us again somewhat, and by time we
reached Liskeard (82^), the heavy roads and wet had told their
tale, and a heavy tea following suit, we decided to rest content with
the day's work.

Tuesday, 13th. — Waited until 8.30 for rain to cease its little game,
when we made a start, walked up hill out of town, and mounted on
splendid hard road, which seemed all the better for the washing it
had received. For the first four miles we had no psace for the
up-hill grinding and sharp runs down ; next mile or so . fine level
road, running by the side of a river through a most charming valley.
With regard to hills met with, so far, all were rideable by steady
application of the brake, which in most cases was quite superfluous ;
but the roads winding round and about so, and on all sides, are so
thickly timbered that no idea can be had of what is coming next.
Torpoint (99) reached just in time to see the ferry boat leave, so had
to wait 25 minutes before we could get across to Plymouth (101),
where H.B. had an intimation of trouble in store for him, by rubber
coming loose from hind wheel, and causing us to lose over an
hour while it was cemented on and hardening. I was rather more
unfortunate still, as, riding a stiff rise ont of Plymouth, I slipped
my pedal with the usual accompaniment of such indulgence, bending
crank, handle-bar, and head, and throwing hind wheel out of the track.
The crank got put right at first blacksmith's,but the handle-bar and head
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Tavistock road in error, su, by catching a likely looking coachman, he
directed us to a cross-cut to Ivybridge road, which near cut was
simply a Crack in the hill side, being a narrow gully or drain down
which we had the greatest difficulty in walking with our machines.
When the right road was reached we were little better off, as it was
very hilly and nearly all unrideable for 7 miles, being relaid and
generally rotten. Two more miles with a safe gutter, which we took
advantage of, and we landed at the picturesque village of Ivybridge
(112), where although only 11 miles since dinner, our long walk,
and the charming situation of the hotel overlooking the pretty stream
and bridge, made us decide to tea here. On through Buckfastleigh to
Ashburton, the country around was certainly delicious, but our time
and attention was too fully occupied swearing at the bumpy road for
it to receive due appreciation. The hill out of Ashburton surmounted,
a magnificent view was obtained, and down the other side, through
Pine Forest, we were irresistibly reminded of Bournemouth and its
resiny smells. Reached Chudleigh (136) at 8.30.

Wednesday 14th. — Left Chudleigh at 7.30. Lcng walk for four
miles up hill, then legs over for quite two miles, and a level
four miles into Exeter (146). Rougement (B.T.C.) Hotel.
An hour or two visiting cathedral, &c, was time well spent ; more
trying was the visit to " Devon" tricycle works, where I got my
handle-bar, and head and neck attended to, after an immense deal
of trouble. Pushed on through Cullompton (1582)? TOa^ st^ very
rough ; after which, we had 12 miles of what had been superb road,
but was torn up in places by heavy rains, to Wellington (170). We
now congratulated ourselves on having left those never-to-be-
forgotten Devonshire roads in the rear. The suffering that charming
county annually inflicts on our brother wheelmen will .take a lot of
wiping out in the big settling day. Eight more miles saw us
Tunning into Taunton, legs over (178), and Bridgewater (189) soon
became a thing of the past as far as we were concerned; then a
perfectly level road for 16 miles, to Axbridge (205), the country for
the first time since our start being flat, and almost uninteresting.
The following may be worth noticing : After Mr. Couch, of
Penzance, left me, not another bicyclist was seen until reaching
Taunton, and then only one ; but, as if to balance matters, at
Bridgewater we saw three boneshakerists, consisting of labourers
returning from work ; and at Highbridge, a little further on, we
passed the rural postman mounted on the ancient wheels, and who
smiled and nodded at us as though he would say, " You see we're
ahead of you down here !" which they certainly were, making such
good use of so cumbersome a thing. Arrived at Axbridge
quite " done up," having had no solid round meal such as I'm used
to in the middle of the day; declared it shouldn't happen again —
and it didn't. (B.T.C. hotel good.)

Thursday, 15th. — Left Axbridge at 9. 30 ; very steep climb at once
for some miles across Mendip Hills, and corresponding comfortable
run down into smoky Bristol (222). Lunched at B.T.C.

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very good ; old tariff, is. 6d. cold luncheon. After a
look round the town and across Clifton Bridge, 'took
the road over the Downs and through Compton, undulating
for seven, and perfectly level for three miles, into New^ Passage,
for Ferry across Severn to Black Rock (234), paying the usual extor-
tionate charge for machines. We were soon landed, and making for
Chepstow (238) ; the road down hill into town being too steep to ride
— in our case it mattered not, as our road kept outside. After teaing
at St. Arvans, we had a never-to-be-forgotten run down road under
th e Wyndcliff. The setting sun covering the opposite bank of the
Wye and its lovely timber, with a flood of crimson, we could only
dismount and enjoy quietly the fairylike scene to the full. In front
lay that most charming of ruins, Tintern Abbey, looking more beau-
tiful than ever with the reflected light playing upon it, and standing
out in bold outline against the deep green around, while immediately
below us ran the river, low down between its muddy banks. Cer-
tainly the scene was superb, and we regretted we had not more time -
and daylight in which to enjoy it. With a parting sigh of regret, we
ran by Tintern, and over dreadfully bumpy road to Monmouth (254),
and being nearly 9 o'clock, I was for staying there the night, but
H. B. willed otherwise ; being a lovely night and full moon, he
argued we should take advantage of it, and get on to Hereford,
which, after we had lit lamps, we started to do. This was our first
time of running after dark. Leaving Monmouth after taking careful
directions, we took what the natives called the "new road," as being
the better, and were warned of a dreadful hill into Whitchurch,
which was nothing very alarming after all, The moon, feeling she
was useful and wanted about this time, naturally enough disappeared
for the night behind some heavy clouds, so we had to depend on
our lamps for guidance, and, as a consequence, soon found we had
gone wrong. Dismounted at about 10.30 to hold council of war.
While arguing over the question, and studying map — to no good, of
course — we were disturbed by two policemen, who set us right by
directing us to an inn close handy, called the New Inn, at St. Owen's
Cross (264), near Ross ; kicked lustily at the door, and a light soon
appeared with landlady in possession. We roughly forced our way
in, in spite of her remonstrance and repeated avowal that she had no
bed to spare, and were soon seated in comfortable bar-parlour discus-
sing hot whisky with " mine host," who, being a mechanic by trade,
was much interested in my double ball bearings, while the missus,
- seeing the impossibility of getting rid of us, was knocking up a bed,
into which we turned a little after midnight in fine trim for apprecia-
ting a good night's rest.

Friday, 16th. — Left our homely and comfortable quarters at 8.45*
Good long ride over hill, and had got up a good pace down other side'
legs over, when we ran into the midst of a regiment of Royal Horse
Artillery, which was on the march ; we pulled up in time to save
accidents, and threaded our way slowly thro' their ranks. At Here-
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discussed some beautiful cider at the Mitre. The old English houses
here well repay a visit, and should not be missed by the passing-
tourist. After a couple of hours spent here we pushed on again.
Roads, so far, rough ; next 6 miles level, but still rough ; and one and
a-quarter miles up-hill, which being very stiffish, we walked most of.
This road was cut on the side of a hill thickly timbered on either side,
and the ground around ran over with primroses and cowslips. A
heavy blight, or fog, entirely shut out our view of the surrounding
country. A mile legs over, and 4 miles level, and Leominster (287)
was reached in time for mid-day meal, which was had at " market
ordinary," and an interesting discussion after with farmers or dealers,
while dinner was making itself at home. A rough, but level, eleven
_miles to Ludlow (298), the ancient castle ruins being thoroughly well
worth a visit, both from their picturesque situation and their historic
fame. Road still level, but hard, and much cut up by heavy rains
had a day or two previous." To Church Stretton (314) ; had tea at the
comfortable hotel there, and regretted, for H. B.'s sake, that the
weather was not clear enough for us to see and enjoy the splendid
panorama of views. A glorious evening run into Shrewsbury (327),
H. B. riding up the difficult hill thro' the town, to the astonishment
of the natives. Being a big town, we flattered ourselves we could
get a nice hot bath there, a thing rarely met with in even good
Country hotels ; but no, the proprietor of the baths groaned over the
state of trade in the washing line ; the inhabitants of Shrewsbury, he
said, were, he supposed, better provided for in the bath way in their
houses than most places, or else never washed at all, as he never had
an enquiry for hot water excepting from visitors.

Saturday, 17th. — Left Shrewsbury 9. 30, thro' Hadnall and Preesto
Whitchurch (347) ; twenty miles without a dismount ; very good road
excepting where it had suffered from heavy storm. Thirteen miles
further of good road, and Tarporley (360) was reached. There is an
hotel here, commemorated by Whyte Melville in one of his sporting
novels — I forget which — and which in the hunting season is no doubt
all life and bustle, but which we found just the reverse. The road
continued good to Weaverham, and then got very rough to Warring-
ton (381) ; Patten Arms, B.T.C. Leaving Warrington, we expe-
rienced some of the most eccentric things in roads to be met with in
this country of ours. Half-way between any two given villages, we
had a mile or more paved with cobbles without rhyme or reason,
then came a little bit of road, and again cobbles. This was getting
annoying and trying to one's patience, when we met some few local
cyclists, who without exception, rode on the path. Oh ! those
Lancashire paths; beautiful black cinder tracks, that with ever such
a good road would be tempting to even a fresh rider ; What wonder
that the contrast with the villainous road made us forget our vows
and the local bye-laws, and ride until path came to a stop, two miles
short of Wigan, up the cobbly streets of which smoky place we pushed
our wheels, and landed just in time to miss a terrific thunderstorm
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(recommended on account of its comfortable bath room, a sine qua
non with bicyclists).

Sunday, 18th. — Very wet. Left Wigan at 11. Wretched road
but improved through Chorley to Preston (412), where we stayed
for dinner at Bull Inn and Royal Hotel, and were greatly enter-
tained during our repast by an original in " Clawhammer, &c."
yclept the waiter, who guessing we were simple Southerners, gave
some thrilling tales about the operatives of Preston, and their
doings. According to him, it would be a more undesirable place of
residence than the South or West of Ireland, during a Liberal
Administration. Rain holding up a little enabled us, and state of
road compelled us, to walk quietly out for about three miles ; and no
sooner in the saddle than down came the rain again. H. B. was
for riding on, but allowing that his arguments of time already
wasted, &c, were true enough, I did not think them sufficiently strong
to counterbalance the discomfort of getting wet through from the
outside, so made spurt for wayside inn, where, when comfortably
housed, were interrupted by sundry van loads of factory hands, both
male and female. The amount of ale put away by some of the men
was simple derangement to a well constituted mind ; glass after
glass, or rather the contents, following one on the other as though
no such a thing as intoxication existed. After two hours of this
sort of thing, left about 6, in slight rain, and had a very heavy road
to Garstang, after which it improved somewhat to Lancaster (433^),
where we were not long finding B.T.C. house, into which we turned,
wet and miserable, about 8.30 p.m.

Monday, 19th. — Mounted 8.10, and found it very heavy going»
although it was evident the road would be good enough in fine
weather. Soon after leaving Lancaster, a fine view was obtained.
On the left is Morecambe Bay, the hills in the lake district forming a
fine back-ground to the clear blue of the sea. On through Burton
(444), and away over very indifferent surface, when I was surprised
to hear language, not fully expressed by the term strong, from H. B.f
which brought me to a standstill, and walking back, found him again
in difficulties with his hind wheel tyre ; fastening it on as best we
could with wire and string, we continued our way very slowly, getting
a fine view of Kendal (456), when quite three miles off. At this
pleasantly situated town we had to wait over two hours while H. B.
was settling his misunderstanding with his tyre. After leaving
here we walked nearly three miles ; roads hilly, and so dreadfully
maltreated by the rain that riding down was impossible ; then began
the steady rise over Shap Fell, the biggest and roughest hill I ever
crossed. First four miles we were able to ride, thanks to favourable
wind, then came a tedious three miles walk and push up country,
barren and desolate beyond description ; and first mile down we had
to walk, or rather hop, being much too rough to allow us to mount.
This road, I should think, can never be used excepting for cattle,
such was its rough condition near the top. An improved state of
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over. Not a stick on this cheerless hill to spoil our view of the road,
or improve the look of the country. Shap (472) reached ; ordered
tea, and meanwhile were amused at landlady's reminiscences of her
different celebrated visitors of the prior year or two : — First, Weston,
the ped. ; I'm afraid if I repeat here tales told of his propensities, it
would lay me open to the charge of exaggeration. Second, the
" Wheelbarrow Fiend," who pushed a' barrow over nearly same
ground as we from Cornwall, and of whom our hostess spoke more
favourably. From here we had a very fair road to Penrith (482^),
then a beautiful run to Carlisle, (500^), finishing in a soaking rain;
H. B. keeping his seat from Shap, 28 miles, without a dismount.
Road, very good surface, but a continuance of short and sweet ups
and downs. Our hotel here being a B.T.C. house, the landlord
had a comfortable wardrobe, which he placed at our disposal, and
we sported our fine figures, H. B. in continuations that he could
only partly occupy, and looking as though he only wanted a board
up with " Apartments to let," to finish him ; and I in ditto.

Tuesday, 20th. — After a look at the cathedral, we left Carlisle on
the stroke of nine. Beautiful level road to Longtown, then 10
miles perfectly lovely riding, first one side and then the other of river
Esk, the road crossing the river or one of its tributary streams every
few minutes, when Langholm (521) was reached. Leaving here
the road rises for ten miles, to source of Ewes Water, as the river is
called, and then for twelve miles down, following river Teviot, until
Hawick was reached (545). ' Nothing could be finer than the iide
from Longtown to Hawick ; the road for about thirty-five miles
keeping on the banks of most lovely rivers ; none of your turbid
muddy ditches, such as we are used to down South, but a mad
rollicking stream of clear and bright water, sparkling in the mid-day
sun, where the overhanging foliage was thin enough to admit his
majesty's almost unknown presence, here darting over some huge
boulder, and there laying still and transparent in some deep pool,
dear to the disciple of Izaac Walton. 'Twas a country one might
spend months in exploring, and we were truly sorry to run through
it so quickly. From Hawick we had a stiff walk up of two miles,
when the hill became a bit rideable, and after some good legs over,
the pretty, clean, and beautifully situated town of Selkirk (560)
was entered. A hill was encountered soon after leaving here, from
which a fine view was obtained of Abbotsford, lying peacefully
below. Down again into Galashiels (566), and a sharp rise into
Stow. Compared with the lovely country we had earlier in the day,
the road through Heriot and Dalkeith was uninteresting, and we
were glad to reach Edinboro' (599); roads to-day very good, little
rough here and there, but taken collectively nearly perfect. This day I
experienced much pain and inconvenience from knock on knee,
received just a week before, when I fell leaving Plymouth, so much
so that I couldn't straighten my leg to keep the pedal, and after
riding 20 miles felt I must have caved in, but was persuaded by
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along with his plan; and although always lagging behind, from
having to walk up every bit of hill, managed to reach Edinboro'
about 10 p.m., where, having to walk about two miles to hotel,
made our distance just the hundred miles.

Wednesday, 2 1 st. — Did not leave Edinboro' until mid-day; made
for Granton, and ferry across to Burntisland (607!) ; B.T.C. hotel
for luncheon. A long rise out of this place; must be nearly three
miles against the collar before level road is reached, passing
Loch Leven ; prettily situated is an island in this lake, on which is
Castle, where Mary of Scotland was incarcerated. Through a few
smoky villages, and Kinross (623^) was soon left in the rear ; and
then came a steady rise of six or seven miles thro' Glen Farg, for
great part of the way by side of rushing mountain stream, after
which an easy run down for three miles, and a lovely level road for
another five. Here we crossed river Earn, and road again rising,
we had a glorious view of the fair city of Perth (640!-), which lay
just beneath the road, but which was only reached after seemingly
long detour. After a short stay here, we were soon pushing on ; a
steady and almost imperceptible rise for some miles found us, as
daylight was fast leaving, with still three miles to do before our
resting place for the night, Dunkeld, could be reached. Oh! those
three miles into Dunkeld (655^) ; I shall never forget them. The
town looked lovely in the dusk, situated at the confluence of rivers
Bran and Tay, which are here of goodly width, and in a most
thickly wooded valley ; it seemed the very spot one would select
wherein to end one's days, but not feeling in that humour just then,,
we only stayed the night at the most charming hotel on the river
bank, and made off next morning.

Thursday, 22nd. — A further examination of this ancient place
only confirmed our overnight's conclusion, that this was one of the
many " best on records " in the scenery way, and wished we could
have spent a day or two here on the quiet. Our road now rose by
side of rivers Tay and Tummel to Pitlochry (668), and by river
Garry to Blair Athol (675), between which places we dismounted,
and hiding our machines as best we could in the hedge, walked down
to see the Pass of Killiecrankie, which, to my thinking, is the most
enchanting spot in all Scotland, of which we saw a little before we
left it, and. defies description, so I won't try ; but let no rider rush by
here without staying an hour or two exploring the many and varied
beauties of this charming pass.

Since leaving Lancashire, our road had been, with very few
exceptions, very good, barring hills — which no lover of the country
can object to, as they are the chief factors in scenery ; we
now experienced a change for the worst. At Struan (very bad
place for accommodation) we viewed the Falls of Garry, and entered
the Glen of that ilk; and now, for about twenty miles, we had about
the most cussed road in Scotland to go over — swearing isn't the word
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hill, mostly up ; a track rarely, if ever, used, as is witnessed by a few
old coaching inns in state of utter decay, and only to be followed
even in good weather by posts placed at frequent intervals to mark
the way. We found it better riding on the grass where possible, and
here and there could cut off small corners. Knowing that if once we dis-
mounted we could not get on again, we stuck to it like grim death, and
rode on through this desolate and dreary valley, now in a rut where
a fall seemed certain, and now over loose stones that might have
been laying there for centuries, but had never been worn in. We
were all the afternoon doing this 20 miles, and when we reached
Dalwhinnie (699) were quite capable of tea. Here we met two
cyclists, bound for Blair Athol, about whose fate We were anxious, as
what little wind there was would be in their faces, and make their
labour doubly sweet thro' the misguided glen. Dalwhinnie, as far
as we could discover, is only the name of a railway station at the
head of Loch Ericht, as the only house to be seen is the Loch Ericht
Hotel, which might easily be mistaken for a large stable, no sign of
any sort being up. A visitor here at any but shooting season is a
rarity, so we were kept waiting for tea while they hunted down a
sheep for our chops. We were foolish enough to think we might get
some nice fresh-water fish here, forgetting that fish is never obtainable
anywhere where water abounds. I remarked to H. B. that my ex-
perience was that invariably where fish is most scarce is where the
greatest profusion abound in the water, and that the paradox was well
worth the attention of naturalists. This is a digression, but while
waiting tea and being very sore, we were bound to moralise. Four-
teen miles of greatly improved road following the rivers Truim and
Spey to Kingussie (713), and twenty more of undulating road of good
surface, with the Grampian Chain on our right, and through some
miles of pine forests to Carr Bridge (733). Here is an old fashioned
inn and old fashioned landlord, who greeted us from the bedroom
window, having been persuaded by his better half to try and sleep
off his animal and alcoholic spirits.

Friday, 23rd. — Leaving Carr Bridge without much regret, we were
soon pegging away over the hills, our way being again marked out
by high posts. This was a long hill, but we managed it without
dismount, had some fine views of surrounding country on our way
up, and from the top we spotted Moray Firth on right, and Inverness
on left (758), getting four miles — nearly all legs over — to the
town, into which we had to walk, the hill not being rideable. An
hour or two spent here, and we took Kessock Ferry, and had good
road to Dingwall (777), and very level run to Tain (804), and four
miles further reached Meikle Ferry landing stage, just in time to
see boat leave, so had time to admire the Firth of Dornock, across
which we were soon ferried by two very humorous boatmen. This
ferrying business is rather awkward work — two each, boatmen,
passengers and bicycles, being more than the cockleshell was ever
designed to hold, and the sea running up in a most amusing way
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and leaving no room for the sculls to be used, until Providence and
a paddle guided us safely over. Again landing at low tide would
try the patience of a well-shod angel, let alone a lightly shod
mortal. After floundering about on the slimy stones (cobbles) for
two or three hundred yards, alternately pushing and carrying
machines, we landed into a dry, sandy beach, full of good deep ruts,
and with not an inch of rideable space in it. I did mount once in sheer
•desperation, but was' soon over the handles and falling softly in
the sand. This continuing for nearly three miles, it was 9 o'clock
by the time we were fairly mounted. The people about here are cele-
brated (according to account received from boatmen, and our own
experience proved them so) for their utter ignorance of distances,
and their fine sense of humour in sending travellers wrong. We
were severally told that Goldspie was ten, twenty, three, and six-
teen miles, and found it nearer sixteen ere the Railway Hotel of the
town in question was reached, 8.25. The last fourteen miles had
been a splendid road, round the so called Mound and Goldspie Bay,
and here and there, by way of a change, thro' long tracts of pine
forest. It appeared that all land too poor for farming is planted with
larch, giving a truly picturesque look to the otherwise barren country.
We were made very comfortable at this hotel, Railway, Goldspie,.
the landlady's late husband having been an Englishman, which may
have had something to do with the attention we received. Just out
■of the town is Dunrobin Castle, a very charming looking mansion.

Saturday, 24th. — Left at 8 o'clock, with hilly road, in places really
superb, and others simply vile, to Helmsdale (842). Here, as we
had plenty of work in front, we lunched, before mounting, the Great
Ord of Caithness. This is something like Beachey Head, only being
big enough to be its father. Looking back to Helmsdale and seeing
the immense fleet of fishing boats lying off, an idea can be formed
•of the enormous proportions to which this business has grown, the
whole sea being covered with the sails of these hardy little craft.
The road up and over the Ord is so well designed, that we
were able to ride nearly all the way, a very great consideration with
such a long hill as this. A long run down till close into Berrildale,
when my brake not answering properly I dismounted, this being I
think the first time we found it necessary to walk down purely on
account, of gradient. Out of this pretty little place we had a mur-
derous rise for a mile, over very broken and rough road, which at
top improved very, much and determined us to make "John
o'Groats " before night. The country here was most barren and
uncomfortable looking, a few wretched cottages being scattered
about, and all seeming to have a common interest in the moor or
waste surrounding ; not a tree to be seen, or sign of vegetation,
excepting where some cottager had by Herculean efforts cleared a
few feet whereon to raise a sickly and disappointed looking crop of
oats, and only wanting a few stone walls and pigs to remind one
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All the way from Inverness we had been assailed by the very
essence of Billingsgate, which, towards Wick, was almost unbearable,
and created a thirst as though we had been suckled in salt. We
afterwards learned that the takes of herrings all along the coast had
been so unprecedented, that they could not be otherwise disposed of
than as manure for the land.

When within a mile of Wick (fishy Wick), we discerned, clinging
to a post, what we rightly took to be a maniac, screaming and
bellowing with all the power of an unrivalled pair of lungs, who,
upon our approach, interested himself at a heap of stones and,
picking out one to his fancy, pitched it at H. B.'s wheels with such
precision as to hit the back fork. Thinking no good could come of
our dismounting to argue the question with this poor idiot, we
hurried on, acquainting the first constable we met of the fact ; he
treated it as quite a common occurrence, and not worth his consider-
ation, as he (the madman, not the bobby) was only one of a whole
family whb were all in the same boat, mentally, and generally con-
fined themselves to the amusement of mutilating one another. As
H. B.'s thoroughbred seemed none the worse for the blow, we had
to rest content with this testimony to the offender's harmlessness,
and trusted that the next bicyclist in the neighbourhood might get
through without having his skull battered in.

At Wick (879) called at Railway Station for another consignment
of under-clothing, and after a few words with the C.C., B.T.C.,
hurried away towards our long-looked-forward-to goal, being accom-
panied by a genuine Scotch mist. For 20 miles to John o'Groats
requires no description, as there was nothing to be seen but bleak
moor and ditch, and if there had been we should have been none the
wiser, as the view was quite obscured by the mist (I write most
advisedly, and out of consideration to the feelings of the natives ; it
would have passed muster anywhere else as good uncompromising
rain). With mackintoshes flapping in the wind, and occasionally
getting up quietly and resting gently over our heads, to our no small
annoyance and danger of getting into a good old bog, we at last sighted
Houna, where, the Post Office being closed, we were unable to get
our letters. Here, on the coast, is an hotel very like that at John
o'Groats, where many an unsuspecting tourist has been taken in,
finding, after he had spent the night there, and too late to return,
that he never touched the house at all. A party of Edinboro' men
were, only a few weeks before our arrival, entertained at the same
Houna Hotel, and only discovered their mistake when returning
through Wick. We had now only about a mile and a-half to go,
which, knocked off, we saw our haven of rest looming through the
fog, and with wild shouts soon brought out to welcome us that
chrysalis of a host, John McKenzie (899).

I cannot help expressing my disappointment at this celebrated
terminus, and surprise that so many tourists should ever go so far,
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country down South. A cold, wet coast this, at the best of times,
but a Paradise to the fisherman and collector of shells.

Sunday, 2^-th. — Amused ourselves before breakfast with needle and
cotton, trying to make good the ravages of most merciless saddles.
And now let me caution my less experienced readers against putting
.their faith in one pair of breeches for a tour of this length. Have
your knickers covered outside with good pliable black kid, running
from knees up and over that part of the person most subject to
friction — I've tried it, and find it answer too well to suit my tailor.
This day was fine for those parts, nothing happening but a thick
wet mist, entirely obliterating the country from our view, and spoil-
ing our walk along the cliff to see the local lions, to wit, the Stocks
of Duncansby, which are little more than large boulders or needles
of semi-stone or clay.

Monday, 25th. — "Another foine day," as Mr. McKenzie said; but
our notions of "foine" weather differed materially. Left the hotel,
amidst the cheers of the household, about five, all told ; calling a
Canisbay for letters, which we had outstripped. The postmaster
here also held the post of schoolmaster, and, I think, of pastor, an
example of the primitive state of society. The morning letter-bag
had not come in, but was expected momentarily, and after leaving
our address for letters to be sent on, we were starting away most
disappointedly, when the postmaster spotted Her Majesty's mail to
be close handy. We, however, could see no sign of such a thing,
so note our surprise when we saw enter a small bootless urchin of
some eight years, carrying the mail-bag, and whose business it is to
meet the cart some miles away, and bring the letter-bag wittrhim on
his way to school.

We now hurried on to Thurso (twenty-one miles), reading our
letters where state of the road would allow us, and getting good view
of Dunnet Head. At Thurso took train to Inverness— seven and a-
half hours in guard's van, the rail running through moorland
country that palled on us after the first twenty miles. Reaching
Inverness soon after 7 p.m., we had some tea, and started towards
dusk on road to Foyers Hotel. Eighteen miles of the finest road it
was ever my lot to run on ; all the way through park-like foliage,
with here and there a peep at the Caledonian Canal — or, rather,
Loch Ness — on our right, and such a superb surface ! — better than
any London racing path, but spoiled by getting very undulating
towards the end. It was quite dark when we arrived at Foyers
Hotel, so we were not long turning in for the night.

Tuesday, 26th. — Up betimes ; visited Falls of Foyers, the upper and
the lower, and were of course quite charmed with them. Caught
early steamer from Inverness, which touches here, and gives passen-
gers time to visit the Lower Fall. I shall not attempt to describe the
journey down to Fort William, which is an old beaten track.
Leaving the steamer struggling through the many locks at this
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three miles, to town of Fort William, lying snugly under Ben Nevis,
whose Northern side looked peculiarly cool with its coating of snow
near the top. A splendid road of thirteen miles to Ballahuish,
where we were ferried across Loch Leven. At Ballahuish are two
hotels, one each side of the water, one of which has a most enviable
reputation for high charges. On through Carnach, a village devoted
to the slate interest, and soon Glencoe was entered. The road here,
in consequence of the continued fine weather, was in better condition
than we had been led to expect, only broken every few hundred yards
by very small mountain streams running across, going through one
of which H. B. had a spill, necessitating a walk of about two miles
to Glencoe Hotel (sic), where, as it was getting dusk, we decided to
stay the night, and have a " quiet day" through the Glen. This was
not an hotel as we generally understand that term, but a wretched
old inn with a wooden shed added, and ticketed " Coffee Room,"
giving it (the inn) the appearance of a very ragged beggar with a tidy
hat on. I am afraid to say all I should like about this converted
cow-shed, but certainly the accommodation at a poor English way-
side inn would be better.

Wednesday, 27th. — Take it easily this day we certainly did. It came
in with rain, and courted the rain all day long. We amused ourselves
with the only literature this charming Arcadia boasted — to wit, a
week old local newspaper, and an ancient volume of more ancient
sermons. It was some slight break in the monotony, and a great
consolation to us to watch the few coaches dragging their weary way
through the Glen, and to think that our quarters, mis8rable as they
were, were to be preferred to a box seat in such weather. Having
nothing better to do, I began speculating on the quantity of whiskey
a thoroughly wet man can take without its having any apparent
effect on him, and was much amused by a party of two Scots and a
German, who alighted from a coach to obtain refreshment. The
German, being determined to be ruled by the old adage " When in
Rome do as the Romans do," followed his Scotch friends through
three or four glasses of " hot and strong" — something quite new to
him, if one could judge from his innocent remarks. About 12.30,
entered two bicyclists, of (I think) the Lanarkshire B.C., who gave
us a very bad account of the road we should have to take when we
made a move ; and having better roads to look forward to, they soon
moved on. While H. B. played draughts with an uncommon indi-
vidual, who had taken up his abode for a whole week at this lively
hostelry — draughts made with old corks, by-the-bye, and half of them
inked over to mark the difference — I watched the river getting bigger
and bigger, hoping it would soon wash away the very house we
were in, if only to find me a job of some sort. During the afternoon
there was a deal of bustle and excitement in the other room, and we
learned, upon enquiry, that the " missus" was going to brave the
elements to procure some eatables, as the presence of so many
visitors threatened to create a famine in the immediate neighbour-
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doing her shopping at a village some six miles off; and wishing her
God-speed, saw her drive away with misgivings as to whether she,,
having got safely out of this hole, would ever voluntarily return.
Return she did, however, just before a terrific thunderstorm broke
over, or rather in, the Glen — the heaviest, she said, she ever remem-
bered. It was a grand sight — our landlady thought differently, and
nearly went into hysterics in H. B.'s long arms — the rain coming
down in torrents, and running down the hill-sides in lovely little
silver-like threads, tending to raise the river Coe at a tremendous rate,,
in fact the water came down the river like a wall, and with a roar
like a continuous peal of thunder. Glencoe under ordinary conditions
is awe-inspiring, in such a storm it was sublime ; and when, a little
before sunset, the sun shone on the hill-tops, and a rainbow appeared
through the fine veil- of rain, the scene was glorious in the extreme,,
and made us feel the day not altogether lost. We were soon able to-
make our way, by uneasy stages of jumping from stone to stone, a
short way up the glen, to see the havoc created in the road, which
the night before was firm and good, but now was blended with the
river bed, and to all appearance impassable.

Thursday, 28th. — Mounted at 8.30, but could ride only a few yards
at a stretch ; road everywhere showing signs of the severity of the
storm. After a laborious push of six miles, up-hill, with road no.
better than an old river bed, we got a good run of four miles to King's.
House Inn, when we had another tiring walk up a steep and loose
hill for three miles, at top of which we mounted, and were able to.
vride nearly all the way to Inveroran Hotel. From here we had a good
run of two miles (we were getting on , had two miles without a dismount) ,
and then a game of touch with the saddle until Tyndrum was reached.

I am forgetting distances. Wick to Thurso 21 miles ; hard but level..
Inverness to Foyers 18 miles ; delicious, but hilly towards Foyers.
Banavae to Fort William three miles ; very level and hard. Fort
W. to Ballahuish 13 miles ; splendid. Then to Glencoe Hotel (sic)
seven miles ; good or execrable, according to weather. King's House
Inn, nine miles from Glencoe Hotel, all through the glen ; road never
very grand, and sometimes unrideable all way. To Inveroran nine
miles ; pretty good, with one long hill. Tyndrum 10 miles ; very
bad. Roads having suffered less after here, we soon ran through
Crianlarich (5) ; had a slight rise, and then seven miles all down,,
which, with fair wind, could be ridden legs over, but we being blessed
with a facer, had to work hard to get over the ground. As we neared
Loch Lomond the scene changed wonderfully ; instead of the cold
repelling country just left in the vicinity of Glencoe, our road was
through a richly-timbered valley to Inverarnan (7), which, like most
places about here, consisted of an hotel or inn. Down the hillside
were trickling numberless little streams, shining in the sun like
molten silver, and forming as they neared the level a continuous,
panorama of waterfalls. This on our right, and lovely Loch Lomond
on the left, no wonder with a good road beneath us we were soon
through Tarbet (10), with its charming hotel and Ness. Here road.

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leaves the side of lake until Balloch (16) is reached. A suspension
bridge over the river led us to hotel, B.T.C., where we halted for the
night, after very hard day's work.

Friday, 29th. — To get to steamer on Loch Lomond it was necessary
to take train for about 200 yards, and for this luxury we were
mulcted in the sum of 2d. each, and 6d. each machine. The journey up
the lake I shall not attempt to describe, suffice to say we were heartily
sorry when the boat landed us at Inversnaid. A long and steep hill
to walk, and then about four miles down, passing Loch Arklet to
Stronachlachar, and outpacing the coach entirely. Here we took
steamer down Loch Katrine, which to think of makes one long to
get out of London ; and were soon after mounted and riding over
wretched road, the best part of which was a defunct gutter, through
the Trossachs, by side of Loch Vennachar, till Callander was
reached, then on to Doune, and soon left Dunblane and Bridge of
Allen behind. Only getting a casual peep at Stirling Castle, we
hurried on over rough road to Falkirk. Here having some friends
to look up we were delayed until late in the evening, so trained it on
.to Edinboro'.

Saturday, 30th. — Spent the day in trotting round town, and in the
.evening took train to Durham, and owing to blocks and stoppages
n rail didn't arrive until one o'clock midnight. Three Tuns, B.T.C.,
eatly recommended.

Sunday, 31st. — Had long walk, and to cathedral afternoon service,
and took evening train to York, Scawin's Hotel, where we fell in with
. several well-known wheelmen of York.

Monday, 1st August. — After a peep at the cathedral we followed
the York B.C. to Knaresborough, and then made our way on to
Harrogate, where we were delighted to see some London faces and
hear of old friends at home. Took part in the Meet, and that most
unsatisfactory of B.T.C. general meetings, and with much regret put
our machines in train for London, where we arrived in early morn-
ing to begin again our every day-drudgery.

If this sketch should prove of the slightest service to any one, I am
more than repaid for writing it. That it can prove interesting I
know is not possible, but I've done my poor best, and what fellow
can do more ? ■M.'^SA

C. A. Harman.

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A meeting of the Clifton B.C., for the election of officers for the
ensuing year, has resulted in the return of Mr. Niblett as captain,
and Mr. Ashmead as hon. sec.

Considering the comparatively short time which has elapsed since
its formation, the Dorchester Local B.U. Centre has achieved note-
worthy results, and the fact that it already musters over 50 — in reality
bordering on 60 members — stands well for the energetic abilities of
the hon. sec, Mr. F. Freeman.

The recent balloon accident in the West, near Bridport, leads one
to seriously consider whether the pleasure of passing through the
air at a great height, and viewing the world from a distance, more
than compensates for the possible penalty accruing from aerial navi-
gation. There is, more or less, a certain amount of helplessness
experienced by aeronauts when pursuing their favourite pastime, for
no man has yet invented any obvious improvement in the structure
of balloons, which would enable the balloonist to utilise the different
currents of air, and so collapse the fact of his being entirely at the
mercy of the winds. " Spanks, Junr.," is not a particularly super-
cilious individual, consequently he has never yet attained any re-
markably great altitude ; still, I've viewed the enchanting panoramic
views beneath my feet from the summits of hills of various heights,
from Ridgway Hill to Glastonbury Tor, and from the Mendips to
Orrest Head and Loughrigg Fell, but for general purposes " Spanks,
Junr.," ignores the possibilities of aerial cruising, and finds an ample
elevation, combined with a moderate view of the world beneath, is
acquired from the saddle of a 54m. " Club."

Despite the rare mildness of the weather we have as yet experi-
enced this season for winter, few bicyclists are to be observed on
their steeds down West. Consequently there is this month a lack
of interesting news to report. 1 hear of no cycling hops, no dances,
no balls, and a dearth of club suppers ; therefore, ere retiring into
oblivion for the space of another month, it devolves upon me to
greet the readers of Western Waifs with a fond seasonable greeting,
and a right glad New Year is wished to all, by

" Spanks, Junr."

132

THE WHEEL WORLD.

CYCLING CELEBRITIES.

No. 5. Charles R. Maddox.

The Continong, the Continong,
It is tres bong ;
So allez vous ong.

— Little Doctor Faust.

HE Wanderers have been- so persistent and consistent in
their statement that they are a private club, and only wish
to be considered as such, that perhaps the subject of this
sketch, who is the Hon. Sec. of that club, is scarcely as
generally well-known as' some other celebrities ; but in the inner
circle of cycledom he is well known and invariably respected.

As will be seen from my heading Mr. Maddox has earned his
laurels chiefly in touring on the Continent ; and methinks that I
shall not be straying very far from the paths of truth (in which paths
it is always my wish to take my walks abroad) if I say that he is' the
most Continentally travelled cyclist of the day.

It was in the autumn of 1878 that Mr. Maddox first turned his
thoughts to a Continental trip, egged on as he was by a companion
who, after making every arrangement to go, at the last moment
basely deserted him and declined to go. To most men this defec-
tion would have been enough excuse to cry off, but the Wanderer
was made of sterner stuff, and determined to cany out his projected
tour solus. This he accordingly did, and on his return he wrote an
account of his cycling meanderings in the " Leisure Hour," which
publication just at that time evinced great partiality for bicyclists,
by not only inserting Mr. Maddox's tour, but also an article on
bicycling generally, profusely illustrated by some clever little
sketches.

The following year (1879) Mr. Maddox again started on a com-
panionless tour through Holland, North Germany, and Italy, and it was
while on this expedition that he first met Mr. Fletcher, the companion
of his tour this year, who was then travelling without his machine,-
but with a very cunning little German hat.

In 1880 Mr. Maddox, wishing to become acquainted with the
sublime scenery of the Swiss mountains, left his bicycle at home, and,
in the company of his father and a friend, marched many miles in
search of the picturesque. This year he has been making an ex-
tended tour through Bavaria and Bohemia, accompanied by Mr.
Fletcher, of the Kent B.C. Next year the dauntless pair propose a
trip to Venice, a place that has never yet known a bicycle.

In 1877 Mr. Maddoxjoined the Wanderers, and after remaining a
private member of that club for 4 years, he was, at the beginning of
1881, elected secretary in the place of Mr. Walter Denny, who had
to resign that office in consequence of receiving a foreign appoint-
ment ; and the Wanderers may congratulate themselves on having
one of the most able, and at the same time perhaps one of the
youngest secretaries of any bicycle club.

THE WHEEL WORLD. 133

Mr. Maddox is one of the most vigorous and fluent speakers it has
ever been my lot to hear; but for a long time he perverted his talents
by decrying the Union, although I am glad to say that latterly he
has seen the error of his ways, for only the other day he paid his
modest shilling and became a Unionist, and I believe before very long
he will represent a country club on the Council. The Wanderers'
secretary has also lately become a Representative Councillor of the
B.T.C., an event that will be hailed with joy by all true lovers of that
institution.

Mr. Maddox has tne pen of a ready writer, and his articles and
letters are always interesting and instructive. Tours, however, are
his strong point, and except Mr. Hampton- Roberts, and a scribe
yclept " Agonistes," there is no one (I use the word advisedly) can
touch him in this line.

There are other amusements besides bicycling that Mr. Maddox
excels in, amongst which may be reckoned amateur theatricals, in
which he is facile princeps. He will, I believe, act in the Hampstead
B.C. dramatic entertainment.

I have spoken of Mr. Maddox as a celebrity, which he un-
doubtedly is, but if I may be allowed to do a little prophecy, I
predict that he will take, before long, a still higher position in cycling
Tanks. To his energy, push, and gentlemanly feeling must be added
brains and tact, which will serve him well in more serious business
than bicycling.

Mr. Maddox is a member of the Wanderers, Prague, Nuremberg,
and Hampstead B.C.'s, which latter pushing little club numbers in
its ranks a very fair proportion of the celebrities of the day.

" Seevoo Pla.''

PATENT RECORD.

[Compiled by Hart & Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C.J

APPLICATIONS FOE LETTERS PATENT.

4956. — R. H. Lea and G. Singer, Coventry. Construction of velocipedes. 12th

Nov., 1881.
5005.— E. J. Castle, London. Velocipedes. 15th Nov., 1881.
5069.— E. S. Wilson, Egremont. Backbones of bicycles. 19th Nov., 1881.
5071. — G. D. Macdougald, Dundee. Tricycles and other velocipedes. 19th

Nov., 1881.
5106.— W. E. Price and W. D. Overton, Hampton Wick. Velocipedes. 22nd

Nov., 1881.
5113. — W. T. Eades, Birmingham. Construction of velocipedes. 23rd Nov.,

1881.
5139. — F. Beauchamp, Edmonton. Tricycles, velocipedes, &c. 24th Nov., 1881.
5149.— W. H. J. Grout, London. Velocipedes. 25th Nov., 1881.
5253.— J. T. Townsend, Coventry. Tricycles. 1st Dec, 1881.
5284. — N. K. Husberg, London. Tricycles and quadricycles. 3rd Dec, 1881.
5287.— C. Beger, Berlin. Velocipedes. 3rd Dec, 1881.
5305. — C. R. B. Hamilton, Greenwich. Construction of saddles for bicycles,

&c 5th Dec, 1881.
5394. — B. H. Berens, Sidcup. Mode of driving velocipedes, &c 9th Dec,

1881.

i34 THE WHEEL WORLD.

NOTICES TO PROCEED

Have been given by the following applicants on the dates named : —

25th November, 1881.

3180.— J. G. Smith, Eccles. Tricycles. 21st July, 1881.

3200. — A. Burdess, Coventry. Driving mechanism for tricycles, &c. 22nd

July, 1881.
3212.— G. Singer, Coventry. Velocipedes. 22nd July, 1881.

29th November, 1881.
3371. — F. Wirth, Frankfort-on-the-Main. Velocipedes, &c. (com. by P.
Praechter, Heidelberg). 3rd Aug., 1881.
. 2nd December, 1881.
4364.— A. Phillips, Birmingham. Velocipedes. 7th Oct., 1881.
4430.— T. T. Harrison, Bristol. Bicycles. 11th Oct., 1881.
4548.— S. Hall, Hampstead. Velocipedes. 18th Oct., 1881.

6th December, 1881.
3572. — G. Bichards, Manchester, and B. C. Tilghman, London. Velocipedes.
17th Aug., 1881.

9th December, 1881.
3408. — G. Strickland, Malta. Bicycles and other velocipedes. 6th Aug., 1881.
3744. — E. C. F. Otto, Peckham. Bicycles and other velocipedes. 27th Aug.,

1881.
5005.— E. J. Castle, London. Velocipedes. 15th Nov., 1881.
PATENTS SEALED.
The following Letters Patent passed the Great Seal on the dates named : —
22nd November, 1881.
2246.— G. Singer, Coventry. Velocipedes. 23rd May, 1881.
3016.— G. L. O. Davidson, London. Velocipedes. 9th July, 1881.

29th November, 1881.
2411. — J. Aylward, Birmingham. Apparatus for transmitting motive power,

applicable to velocipedes. 1st June, 1881.
2565. — E. J. Lewis, Beading. Tricycles and other velocipedes. 13th June,
1881.

6th December, 1881.
2680. — L. H. Pearce, Hammersmith. Monocycles. 18th June, 1881.

13th December, 1881.
2613.— A. L. Bricknell, Brixton. Velocipedes. 16th June, 1881.
3043. — G. J. T. Barrett, London. Bicycles and tricycles, and method of con-
verting bicycles into tricycles. 12th July, 1881.

PATENTS VOLD

Through the non-payment of the £50, or £100 Stamp Duty.
4625.— J! Bate, Wolverhampton. Velocipedes, &c. 14th Nov., 1878.
4657. — J. M. Starley and J. K. Starley, Coventry. Velocipedes. 16th Nov.,

1878.
3959.— J. Starley, Coventry. Velocipedes, &c. 17th Nov., 1874.
ABRIDGMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS
Published during the month ending 15th December, 1881.
[Prepared by Hart & Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C.]

1563. — J. C. Garrood, Fakenham. Velocipedes. This invention attaches levers
to the cranks, so that the hands can be utilised to assist in the pro-
pulsion of the velocipede, and makes a " safety " bicycle by giving the
front fork a backward rake, and using levers and rods for driving the
cranks. (Pro. pro.) 11th April, 1881. Price, 6d.

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1594. — E. 0. Kowland, Manchester. Bicycles, &c. Spur wheels, one of which
has internal teeth, are used instead of a crank to increase the rate of
speed. This arrangement also adapts the vehicle to persons of all
statures, as the internal toothed wheel is placed on an axis so fitted
in the fork that it can be raised or lowered as desired. (Pro. pro.)
12th April, 1881. Price, 2d.

1661. — W. Hillman, Coventry. Velocipedes. In tricycles with two driving
wheels, these are fixed to separate shafts of equal length. The inner
ends of these shafts are connected in the following manner. A case is
made, in the ends of which are tubes, which revolve in bearings formed
in the sides of the frame of the vehicle. The shafts of the driving
wheels pass through these tubes, and each of them is connected by a
universal joint with a short diagonal shaft. These shafts extend
parallel to each other, and at an angle of 30° to the axis of the main
shaft, through bearings formed in the opposite ends of the box, and
are geared together by two equal pinions. On the tube is the chain
wheel connected with the crank shaft ; and when the tube is made to
revolve, through the medium of this case, it causes the shafts and
wheels to revolve at any speed that may be required by the steering or
turning of the velocipede. 14th April, 1881. Price, 6d.

1664.— W. H. Bliss, Forest Hill. Tricycles, bicycles, &c. This applies toothed
wheels to the axles, which are actuated by ratchet levers, a stirrup
being used to bring the lever again to its working position. Bicycles-
are fitted with side wheels, kept just clear of the ground to enable
them to stand upright. A curved axle with governing springs is used
for the back wheel. The saddle spring is a segment, with which gears
a pinion to adjust the saddle to the incline of the road and for turning.
(Pro. pro.) 14th April, 1881. Price, 2d.

1691. — A. Wharton, Snettisham. Tricycle. This is driven entirely by the
hands, and guided by the feet. The cranks are connected to levers,
which are suitably placed for the hands of the rider. The steering is
effected by the feet actuating the lever of the steering wheel. (Pro.
pro.) 19th April, 1881. Price, 2d.

1774. — T. Townsend, Coventry. Driving gear of tricyoles. In tricycles which
have two large driving wheels, and in which the power is transmitted
through a chain ; inside the chain wheel are a pair of spur pinions and
spur wheels, which gear into one another in such a manner that the
speed of either wheel may be increased or diminished when it . is
required to turn round corners. (Pro. pro.) 25th April, 1881. Price, 2d.

1799. — G. Burt, Birmingham. Lamps for bicycles, &c. The lamp is secured
to the axle by a box clip. A milled thumb button is used to raise or
lower the wick without opening the case. 26th April, 1881. Price, 6d.

1813. — H.S.H. Shaw, Bristol. Brake and speed indicator for bicycles, &c. This
applies the principal of the ordinary ball governors to the brakes of
bicycles, and. shows the speed by the size of the circle that the
weight apparently forms. (Pro. pro.) 27th April, 1881. Price, 2d.

1860. — J.Harrington, London. Tricycles, &c. The motive power is trans-
mitted from the crank shaft to the axle of the driving wheels by
friction wheels, the peripheries of which are formed with V or inverted
V grooves fitting each other. The three wheels are not mounted in a
right line, but the intermediate wheel axis is mounted either before or
behind such right line. On one side of the machine two intermediate
wheels are used to drive forwards or backwards, as required. These
are thrown into action by a lever. 29th April, 1881. Price, 6d.
~ 1824. — T. Banister and S. Lees, Rochdale. Tricycles, &c. This is applicable
to that class of tricycle which has one driving wheel at the side. The
crank shaft is actuated by two connecting rods, the forward ends of
which are jointed 'to two rocking levers, worked by the feet. The rider's
seat is low. The driving wheel is accelerated by a reversed modifica-
tion of the " Sun and Planet" motion, in which the " sun " wheel is
loose, and the " planet '"wheel is fixed, and secured to the shaft of the
driving wheel. (Pro. pro.) 27th April, 1881. Price, 2d.

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' SECTION £^ SECTION

OF FASTENING.

Also noiseless HEAD LAMPS for Bicycles and Tricycles. Over Twelve Thousand are
in use.— Sold by all Bicycle Makers and Agents throughout the Kingdom, and at the
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BICYCLE UNION CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1881.

One Mile, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.

C. E. Liles, 2nd, on a 55m. Humber.

Five Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.

25 Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humbtr.

C. Crute, 2nd, on a 54m. Humber.

C. E. Liles, 3rd, on -a- 55m. Humber.

50 Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.

C. Crute, 2nd, on a 54-in. Humber.

Tlie 50 miles was done in the remarkable time of 2 hours 50 seconds,' be'ating
record time from 25 miles by ± minutes 15| seconds in the full distance. The
last quarter in the mile race was run in 36| seconds, by far the fastest quarter
mile on record.

SEND FOR PR.CE LISTS OF THESE CELEBRATED MACHINES.

All racing men and tourists should possess a Humber Bicycle, which is easier
and swifter than any other make,' Delivery in 10 days from order.

THE HUMBER TRICYCLE,

Upon which was" won the 50 Miles Championship, in the splendid time of.
•i hours 15 minutes, by G. L. Hillier, Esq. Special features: Speed and ease
in hill mounting. Reigate Hill was ridden by S. J. Slocombe, Esq., in 13
minutes on this Tricycle, the same distance as the Bicycle trial, maoy Bicycles
exceeding that time.

Important Notice. — The Second Annual 50 Miles Tricycle Championship
Race, on June 25th, 1881, was won' on tae Humber Tricycle by G. L. Hillier,
against twenty other competitors, the second mau being 33 minutes, or about
equi.1 to six miles, beain i.

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Any make, at Manufacturers' Prices, on

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Arrangements have also been made to supply BOATS, CANOES, PKINTING PBESSEF,
HOME TRAINEES, LATHES, FRET SAWS and PERAMBULATORS, BATH CHAIRS,
INVALID FURNITURE, WASHING MACHINES. GYMNASTIC APPARATUS,
BAGATELLE and BILLIARD TABLES, &c, on GOY'S original introduction of deferred
payments, i.e., Liberal Discount for Cash, or by equal Monthly Instalments not exceeding 12.

FROM GOY, THE ATHLETIC OUTFITTER,

You can obtain Club Uniforms and every requisite for —

Bicycling

Camping Ont

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Fencing

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Bicycles and Tricycles Repaired or Repainted at Reasonable Prices.

INSUBE AGAINST ACCIDENTS THROUGH GOT.

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Printed and Published by Iliffe & Son, The Cyclist Office. 12, Bmithford Street, Coventry.
London : Harry Ethkbikgton, 152, Fleet Street, E.C.

No. 22. FEBRUARY, 1882.

Vol. IV.

A BIGYGLIM ♦ TRI6Y6LING

Illustrated |f agazine of ffport.

EDITED BY

HENRY STURMEY & C. W. NAIRN.

LONDON:

HARRY ETHERINGTON, 152, FLEET STREET, E.G.

COVENTRY:

ILIFFE & SON, 12, SMITHFORD STREET AND VICAR LANE.

ILIFFE * SON, PRINTERS, COVENTRY.

H- L. CORTIS, Amateur Champion, won the 25 and 50 Miles'

Amateur Championship Races on a Bicycle fitted with Bown's

"JEOLTJS" Ball Bearings, heating record time-

BOWN'S

PATENT

mm ball bearings,

FOB

FRONT WHEELS, BACK WHEELS, AND PEDALS OF BICYCLES & TRICYCLES,

I ABE

Universally Adjustable, Dust or Dirt Proof, require

but Slight Lubrication, and consequently are the most

Durable Bearings yet introduced.

As a proof of their vast superiority, all the principal Amateur and

Professional Bicycle Races have been won by the use of these

celebrated Bearings.

Front Wheel Bearings.

Back Wheel Bearings.

Elevation. Section. Front View with
Cap removed.

Ball Pedals.

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308, SUMMER LANE, BIRMINGHAM,

SOLE PROPRIETOR AND MAKER,

09 CO
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N.B. — Manufacturer of every description of Fittings for Bicycles and
Stampings in Iron and Steel for same.

Bown's Patent ''JEOLTJS" Ball Bearings are admitted to be by far

the best as regards durability, easy adjustment, for attaining

great speed and requiring less lubrication than all others.

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NOW READY!,

THE THIRD ANNUAL XTRA

I Xnjas Number of The Cyclist,

EDITED B¥ HENRY STURMEY,

CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING

Articles, Christmas Tales, Romances, Adventurous Rides,

&c, &c.
THE YEAR OF SPORT. By the Editor.

HOW I PROVED AN ALIBI. By William J. Bull, Minerva B.C. (Author of " Odds & Ends").
A WILD, WILD RIDE ; or, The Mystery of the Dead Hand. A Reminiscence of the

Great Meet of Bicyclists at Harrogate. By Walter Cronipton, Capt. Warrington B.C.
MY BICYCLING EXPERIENCE. By " Beachey Head."
LONDON TO LEICESTER IN 189— A Tale of the "German Occupation." By"Agonistes,"

Hampsfcead B.C.
BOYCOTTED. A Night's Adventure. By T. H. Holding, Prest. B. T.C.
A RIDE INTO DREAMLAND. By "B.," Canonhury B.C.
LA SOMNAMBULA. By"W.J.C."

THE MYSTERY OP THE MANTEL-PLECE. By " Choey Sawtell," Sherborne B.C.
AN ADVENTUROUS PIONEER RIDE IN AUSTRALIA. Prom Sydney, over the Blue

Mountains to the Temora Gold Fields, 360 Miles through the Bush. By " J.W."
THE CAPTAIN'S WTFE. Bv" Tommy B."
THAT GARRULOUS STRANGER. By "Ab Initio."

THE EFFECTS OF A BEEF-STEAK SUPPER. Two Illustrations. By " Smangle,"
£50 REWARD. By "Fabian." [Pickwick B.C.

CYCLISTS UNDER CANVAS ; or, Jottings from the Harrogate Camp. Twenty-five

Illustrations. Bv Lacy Hillier.
OUR rOUNGEST MEMBER. By " Bab Yardlsy."
A GLANCE AT OUR ADVERTISERS. By the" Editor.

POEMS, BALLADS, RHYMES, &c.

INTRODUCTORY VERSES. By the Editor.

THE DOCTOR AND HIS TRICYCLE. Founded on Fact. By"W.N.M."

THE CRY OF HUNDREDS. By "Plated Treadles."

THE LEGEND OF SIR SCORCHALONG AND THE LADY POTOJAM. Eight Illustra-
tions. By " Faed."

THE FENIAN'S RIDE, Dedicated to and Written for Harry J. Swindley. By "Agonistes,"

THE B.T.C. By "A Zingari." [Hampstead B.C.

OUR PRESIDENT'S GOOSE. By "August," B.T.C.

A DOGGEREL CATASTROPHE. By "A.R."

IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE. A Topical Bicycling Song. By " Tommy B."

CYCLING versus COURTSHIP. By "Aout."

NURSERY RHYMES. By "Aout."

SMEARS, SMUDGES, SPOTS, AND SPLUTTERINGS. By "Algernon Sidney."

THE UNATTACHED CYCLIST. Being the Lamentations and Confessions of a Bachelor
Tricycle Rider. By "August," B.T.C.

DELIGHTS OF THE WHEEL. By "Whiterius," B.T.C.

OVER THE HANDLE-BAR. A Parody. By " WW, Junr."

A TRIBUTE. By"W.J.C."

ILLUSTRATIONS.

(In addition to the Illustrated Articles and Verses mentioned above.)
Coves Sketch (illuminated in gold and ocI<rai'S>, U^aN^u-prECE. Nothing like a
Cheap Machine. 'Arry. Ye Boneshaker. Up-Hill. Down-Hill. A Disputed Point
(allegorical of the Social Question). A Lady Tricycler of the Future. People who
Won't Get Out of the Way. The Social Question. Rattling His Bones over the
Stones. A Sketch on the Path. On His Milky Whey. A Rash Attempt. Legs Over
(Six Illustrations). The Bicyclist ("According to the evidence usually given before
Magistrates," and "According to facts"). Foiled. Hats. Feet. Another Grievance.
Legs. Exploring. An Incloent (Scenes I. and II.), and others.

Also "A Page of Puzzles," by " Faed's Australian Cousin," for the solution of which
several prizes are offered. Conundrums. Odd Verses, &c, &c, &c.

PRICE ONE SHILLING,

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HILLMAN,

HERBERT

♦ COOPER

"PREMIER" WORKS, COVENTRY.
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Catalogue & Testimonials.

D.H.F. PREMIER. PREMIER DOUBLE DRIVER.

SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SHIPPERS.

IS" Please say where you saw this.

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THE WORLD-RENOWNED

Duplex Excelsior Hollow Fork.

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ALL IMPROVEMENTS, SPECIAL QUALITY & FINISH,

As supplied to the American Bicyclist Touring Party,

JULY, 1880.

Patronised by Her Majesty's Postmaster General ,

The ExGelsior Tricycle, No. 1.

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THE CHAMPION 10 MILE AMATEUR TRICYCLE RACE,

At the Fifty Miles Tricycle Race, on November 6th, 1880, from Finchley to
Hitchin and back, the four "Excelsior" Tricycles ridden by Messrs. H. J. Bell,
W.K.T.C. ; S. Corbett, C.B.C. ; C. Kitching, W.K.T.C. ; and W. W. Williams,
W.K.T.C., were each winners of medals, having completed the distance in the
specified time,

BAYLISS, THOMAS 4 Co.,

"Exoelsior" Works, Coventry,

The oldest and largest Bicycle and Tricycle Manufacturers in Coventry with
one exception.

Descriptive Price List, xoiih Woodcuts and Testimonials, 48 pages, Id. stamp.

LONDON AGENTS:

GOY & Co.. Leadenhall Street, E.C.;
HICKLING & Co., 30, Queen Victoria St.,

[E.C.

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"THE CYCMgT PWFIN6 W0^K^.

ILIFFE & SON,

PRINTERS

AND

PUBLISHERS

m m — •m

ESTIMATES ON APPLICATION,

12, SMITHFORD STREET & YICAR LANE,
COVENTRY.

SECOND THOUSAND.

REDUCED TO ONE SHILLING.

Post Free 1/3.

NAUTIGUS ffl HOBBY HORSE ;

A Tricycle Tour of 1,428 miles through England. By the
Author of " Nauticus in Scotland."

Of all Bicycle and News Agents; or London, HARRY ETHERINGTON,
152, Fleet Street, E.C.

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THE "HOWE" MACHINE CO.'S
Bicycles & Tricycles

Are constructed of the best material, and by the'most experienced of workmen.
They are planned on the surest mechanical principles, and possess all the
esirable " points " in 'cycling machines.

THE "HOWE" BICYCLE. THE "HOWE" TRICYCLE.

Prices from £15 15s. Price, £16 16s.

THE "HOWE" MACHINE Co., Ld, Bridgeton, Glasgow.

London: 46, Queen Victoria Street.

BBANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES IN EVERY TOWN.

THE "PIONEER"

BICYCLE.

H. J. PAUSEY, University Bicycle Works,

BEDFORD ROAD, CLAPHAM, S.W.
Three Minutes' Walk from Clapliain-road Railway Station.

6 The Wheel World Advertiser — February, 1882.

M. D. EUCKBR, JUN., & Co.,

Letchford's Buildings, Bethnal Green, London, E.
CENTRAf PIN STEESNG ~ NEW SECTION OF RIM.

Secured with Patent Nut of which X and Y are the plan and

elevation. Advantages— The Rubber

Advantages— Extra Kigidity. A greater and better is held securely without

bearing surface, and consequently less subject to wear, ease cement, is easily turned

of adjustment and impossibility to work loose. when worn, and : is then

equal to a new tyre. The

■v rims being stiffer make

v stronger wheels.

SWINDLEY S PATENT)

THE

(BELti.S PATENT.

BICVCLB

Is made of best possible material, and for rigidity, strength, and appearance cannot be sur-
passed. The above and other patented improvements are supplied, if required,
without extra charge.

PRICE, for any size, bright or japanned, with hall bear-
ings£to both wheels, £17 17 s. No Extras.

SEND FOK PEICE LISTS WITH FULL PAETICULAKS.

THE PATENT 'CLYTIE' TOURISTS' BAG.

With entirely new and most effective fastening to backbone.

Prices.— Best quality Cowhide, 21/- ; other materials, 15/-.
MANUFACTURERS OF THE "DEVON" SAFETY.

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THE 'FACILE' SAFETYBICYCLE.

(BEALE & STRAW'S PATENT.)

All who are interested- in
Bicycling, whether young or
old, learners or practised riders,
should send for a pamphlets
descriptive of the " Facile,"
which is believed to be the
best machine ever invented,
meeting the requirements or
all classes of riders.

The'size of front wheel for
a person of average height
varies from 34m. to 42m., and
excellent work may be done
even with the smallest, with
the advantages of almost
absolute safety — great brake
power and facility for hill climb-
ing, ease of mounting and
dismounting, &c, &c.

TESTIMONIAL FROM CUTHBERT D. VESEY, ESQ.,

(Winner of the late 50 mile Tricycle Race.)

11, Princes Street, Cavendish Squake( W.,
£ Messrs. Ellis & Co. March 17, 1881.

Gentlemen, — I am pleased to inform you that I have given the 40-inch
" Facile " a most complete trial, and am very pleased with the result. I have
ridden it nearly 200 miles of all sorts of roads, so may claim to know something
about it. On the track at Surbiton I have ridden a mile in 3 min. 28 sec, which
is a surprising speed for so small a wheel ; and with a specially built machine I
believe the time might be considerably reduced. For road work the "Facile"
is a capital machine. A speed of 10 miles an hour may be kept up, and it goes
over rough or muddy roads more easily and steadily than the ordinary bicycle.
Tbere is no fear of going over tbe bandies, so that it may be ridden over any-
thing. For hill work it is also very good. I have ridden both up and down
Oak Hill, Surbiton, which I cannot do on an ordinary bicycle. I came down
this hill, which is very steep, almost at walking pace, being able to use the
brake and treading back to almost any extent. Altogether 1 am very much
pleased with the " Facile," and think they ought to sell well during the coming
Tours very truly, CUTHBERT D. VESEY.

From the Sporting Life, September 13th, 1881.— " The match for a 5 Guinea Cup came

yesterday (Monday) on the main road from Hitchin to Fiuchley, twenty-five miles, resulting

a victory "for the "Facile." The winner, Mr. Boothroyd, rode a 10 inch " Facile," making

fast time as follows : — Five miles, 23 min. 28 sec. ; ten miles, 46 min. 47 sec. ; twelve

miles and a half, or half way (Hatfield Railway Bridge), 58 min. 10 sec. ; fifteen miles, 1 hour

min. 36 sec. ; twenty miles, 1 hour 34 min. 30 sec. ; and twenty-five miles, 1 hour 58 min. 5 sec.

The roads were heavy, and rain fell for the greater portion of the race, or the time would

have heen even better." Mr. Harry Etherington acted as referee and took the times.

SOLE AGENTS:

ELLIS & Co., rLateB.°ofo4m2sbHua;y!st'; 165, Flest Street, London.

(Adjoining Anderton's Hotel.)

8 The Wheel World Advertiser — February, 1882.

PALMER'S

PATENT

DOUBLE BALL BEARING,

DUST

PROOF

AND

ADJUSTABLE,

Possesses in perfection every point required. Can be fitted to any
Machine at a trifling cost.

PALMER AND CO.,
SIX WAYS, BIRMINGHAM,

PATENTEES AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE
"INTERCHANGEABLE" BICYCLE.

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THE

44, 46, 48, 50 INCH, COMPLETE FOR

£7 7s. Od.

SPECIFICATIONS,

Stanley or Humber head and
neck ; handle bar, 22 or 24
inches wide, with ebony or rose-
wood handles ; best Lowmoor
iron forks ; large flanged hubs,
with from 50'to 60 direct spokes
or nuts and nipples ; case-
hardened, parallel or coned
bearing ; best lap-welded back-
bone ; spoon brake ; U or V
steel rims ; rubber or rat-trap
pedals ; hogskin saddle ; solid
leather pocket ; patent wrench ;
On Wicksteed's Patent Double- oil can and bell. Painted in
purpose Stand. two colours. If with single or

Reduced Price of Stand, 4/6. double ball bearings, 20/- extra.

For the superiority of our Manufacture we were awarded the
PRIZE MEDAL SYDNEY EXHIBITION, 1879, also
MELBOURNE, 1881.

TRICYCLES from 12 Guineas.

Ditto FOR BOYS & GIRLS from 3 ditto.

The Original and Largest Makers in the World of all Parts,
Fittings, and Sundries for either Riders or Makers.

SEND FOR OUR NEW ILLUSTKATE© 'PRICE EIST.

THOMAS SMITH & SONS,

Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Bolton and Manchester.

LONDON BRANGH--61, H0LB0RN VIADUCT, E.G.

ESTABLISHED 1848.

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REGISTERED

AMATEUR

BICYCLE ■

CABINET

REGISTERED

AMATEUR

BICYCLE

CABINET

INFRINGERS WILL BE PROSECUTED.

The whole of the work, with all the different parts done, together with

necessary tools and full instructions How to Make a Sixteen

Guinea Bicycle, sent on receipt of Four Guineas.

(Registered),

FIVE GUINEAS.

Any Amateur, with ordinary mechanical skill, can complete these
splendid machines, which are the most popular patterns of 1880.

RUBBERS FROM 10/- EXTRA.
The extraordinary demand cannot be wondered at when for such
a small sum the whole of the set, comprising as it does over One
Hundred different Pieces of the very best Bicycle Material, is
supplied in a nearly finished state. This, too, with all the coming
improvements of 1881, and simple directions for finishing.

The "Queen" Bicycle & Tricycle Compy.,

RAILWAY APPROACH, WARWICK ROAD,

Coventry.

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MURRAY'S COMPLETE

ONDON TIME TABLES

Diary, and Suburban Railway Guide

(350 PAGES.)

Each Company's Tables are printed on distinctive coloured Papers.
Containing— The Time of Trains to all Stations 25 miles round London and
Principal Stations beyond ; Diary, full page for each day ; Notes, &c, &o.
Notes of Mails, Sailings, Sporting Fixtures, Theatre Arrangements, Cab Fares
Busses, Times of Trams, &c.

Three Pence.

December, 1881.

MURRAY'S

COMPLETE

LONDON TIME TABLES

DIARY and

SUBURBAN RAILWAY GUIDE.

CONTENTS.

Map of London

Index of Stations ... white paper 1 to

London Tramways &Busses „ „ 26 „
London Steamers . . „ „

Diary, with Notes of Mails, &c. „ „ 33 „

South Eastern Bailway yellow „ 05 „

London Brighton &S.C. By. pink „ 97 „

London Chatham &DoverEy. arribei „ 129 „

London & South Western By. green „ 161 „

District violet „ 193 „

Metropolitan Bailway .. cerise „ 225 „

North London Bailway white „ 257 „

Great Eastern Bailway blue h 289 „

ALFRED BOOT & SON, Printers,24, Old Bailey, E.C.

Entered at Stationeis' Hall.

Of all Booksellers, R'ews Agents, Bookstalls, Ac

LONDON-ALFRED BOOT & SON, 24, OLD BAILEY, E.G.

„ HARRY ETHEBIUGTOJ1, 152, Fleet St., E.C

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By Royal X^^^M^X^^ Letters Patent.

Thomas Warwick,

MANUFACTURES OF

||I§jd® Jlttfit§fi if every |)@p§pfptwie

Sole Maker of WOOLLEY'S

P^TEP gP^ip ^DDIiEft

PRICE— No. 1, with Flexible Sides, 6s. each.

,, No. 2, with Ordinary Plain Saddle, 4s. each

These Saddles are acknowledged by all riders who have tried them to be
the most comfortable seat yet introduced, affording great ease to the rider
when riding over rough aud bad roads and long journeys. Testimonials, &c,
on application.

WARWICK'S PATENT RIMS

Are now so well known, and are so strong and durable, that all riders should
have them ou their Bicycles.

large Assortment of Jltatmals of all kinitrs alfoans in
Hiork, of tet finis I) ana quality

INCLUDING

Bims, Spokes, Backbones, Hollow Forks, Hubs, Bearings,

Pedals, Springs, Lubricators, Oil Cans, Saddles

and Bags, Bells, Lamps,

And all parts finished and in the rough.

Stampings of every kind, of Best Quality.

Price Lists Free on application to the Works,

ALMA ST, ASTON NEW TOWN,

BIRMINGHAM.

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LOOK HERE II
A FIRST-CLASS BICYCLE AT A MODERATE PRICE.

WHERE CAN I GET IT? WHY FROM

WILLIAM ANDREWS,

5, STEELHOUSE LANE, BIRMINGHAM.

The cheapest Machine is not that which can he sold at the lowest price,
but a thoroughly well-built sound Machine, made to the requirements of the
owner, without unnecessary expenditure in decoration, will be the cheapest
and most satisfactory to both manufacturer and buyer.

You loill make a mistake if you do not send at once for a Price List and Full
Particulars to the above address.

SPECIALITY :

MACHINES BUILT TO OWNER'S IDEAS,

ANDREWS' PATENT Latest Improvements in Bicycles, viz.,
NEW NECK AND PATENT PEDAL.

THE " JESLXESTGS- 03P TIXES KOAIO"

And other well-known patterns of Bicycle and Tricycle Lamps.
Your name on brass plate put on lamp, gratis.

Tlie K.KVCS OIL, specially prepared for burning in the "King of the Road,'

like all other new inventions, is the best in the market; 1 /- pep bottle.

VULCANIZED RUBBER COVERS FOR HANDLES OF BICYCLES, 3/- per- pair.

Lamplugh & Brown's Suspension Bi. and Tricycle Saddles, and Bown's

"/Eolus" Ball Bearings and Pedals
kept in stock, and supplied to the trade at makers' prices; also BELLS, SPANNERS,
VALISES, and all the rest of the odds and ends required by the votaries of the wheel,
supplied by

J, H, DEARLOYE,

14, RYDON ST., NEW NORTH ROAD, LONDON, N.

Or can be had through any Bicycle Agent in the Kingdom.

BICYCLE TYREST

Wholesale, or in single sets as required. Cement from Is. 6d. per lb.
Pedal Eubber, &c.

Waterproof Bicycle Cape, in Bag, for 5/6; by Post, 6/-

WATEBPBOOF COLLARS, &e.

Write for Price List to the

EAST LONDON EUBBER CO.,

3, GREAT EASTERN STREET, E.Q.,

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THE WHEEL WORLD.

CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY,

Wheel Frendships

A Lucky Chance. By "Bab Yardley."

Jottings on Leaves from an Old Cyclist's Note-book

"How the Wheel World ' Wags '"

Cycling Celebrities

A Trip to Paris

Western Waifs

Park Practice in Chicago

Fantastical Bicycle

Illustration

Amongst the Clubs

Jottings from the Emerald Isle

A Beal Novelty ; or, the most Unpleasant

Bv " Jarge "

The Lady of the Wheel. By "Art," Argyle

A Holiday Run in New Zealand

Across the Herrin' Pond

An Ingenious Fraud

Spring

Roving Records

Recollections of some early Tricycles

The 'Cyclist Xmas Number Puzzles . .

Patent Record..

Ride of the

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WHEEL FRIENDSHIPS.

HACKERAY, m one of his works, impresses upon us in
his quaint way the fact that life is made up of chances,
by relating the anecdote of the lucky young man who
walked up the left hand side of Regent Street, met the
lady of his choice for the first time by accident ; went off to Gretna
Green within a week, and lived happily on her fortune ever after-
wards ; while his friend, the unlucky man, paraded Regent Street
for a lifetime, ready for his opportunity which never came. There
is in the mind of nearly every youth, and indeed, the feeling is not
confined to youths, an innate idea that something will turn up for
one's advantage ; that what has just occurred to-day is a mere trifle,
but that the event of one's life has yet to come. As youth fades,
however, and middle age sets its withering hand upon one the mind
begins to realise that life is really after all made up of trifles. A
thing occurs in a moment by the merest accident, and it changes
the whole current of one's life ; and particularly is this noticeable in
the matter of friendships, whether the recipients or reciprocators
of such feeling be male or female. There seems to be some absurd
theory in the human mind that one's sisters, one's cousins, and
one's aunts, and the inverse ratio as to sex are one's natural friends,
and should hold paramount sway over the affections. Nothing is
more absurd, however, or more rare ; for, whether in love or friend-
ship, it is the stranger in whom one finds some connecting or hidden
sympathy that arouses to their full extent the feelings we have
named. Nor is it necessarily in those whom one has known long
that is to be found this hidden and unexplainable tie. No ; chance
brings two persons together who may become firmer friends in a
few months than would be the case with others whom either had
known all their lives. Probably no sport has done more to create
friendships than bicycling. Quite apart from the kindred tastes
which wheelmen possess, there is so much in the sport which draws
out men's better feelings. The unselfish waiting of the faster rider
for the slower ; the Samaritanlike attention given to the recipient of
a severe cropper by a fellow rider ; the opening of the mind to one
another under the fresh genial impulses arising from a sharp ride in
company through the clear morning air, or in the cool of a summer's
evening ; the meeting at the isolated country inn, when the

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educated mind feels lonely in a crowd of unsophisticated rustics ;
the sympathies of home evoked when meeting a fellow-countryman
by chance in a foreign country ; all these, and many other similar
matters, tend to make our sport unique as regards the forming
of friendships. No other sport so tends to bring out, by
giving opportunities for doing so, the best feelings of men, and
thereby giving proof of the possession of qualities which might
otherwise lie hidden throughout a lifetime. It has been urged by
men very prominent in wheel life, that bicycle clubs are going
beyond their province when, in the winter season, they give dinners,
balls, or similar entertainments. Such men doubtless look upon the
cyclists they meet in the wheel world as " only bicycling friends."
One is very apt to adopt this latter view, but a calm revision of the
life of most cyclists will make it pretty clear to them, that nearly all
the social accidents of their life get, somehow or another, mixed up
with wheel events. How many marriages have arisen in this way
we should not like to say, but we know of several fair sisters of hon.
sees., captains, and other clubmen, whose fate has been decided
from the hour a fellow cyclist " came home to tea " with their
brother. Marriage, certainly, is no trifle, and ought to be looked
upon as the event of one's life. When we look back to 1873, and
think of the little coterie of riders which then existed, and the vast
army of wheelmen with their practical freemasonry which now
exists, with no end of social ramifications, we can hardly realise that
such a world has arisen. Through the press, every prominent
wheelman, no matter where resident, is known at least by name to
everybody else, whilst far more is known to Londoners of the
doings of the wheel fraternity in many country towns, than is known
to the general public of the metropolis of the general doings of the
ordinary community in such towns. This question of friendship by
means of the wheel is one which we have not seen before dealt with,
but it is a very real one. Some men are more demonstrative than
others, and naturally make more friends. " Hieland Charlie," for
instance, during his few months' residence in London, made
acquaintances on all hands, many of which will be of life long
duration. It does not of course follow that every wheelman who
meets another must necessarily strike up a close friendship with
him, but there are degrees of this feeling. It is pleasant to think
across the Atlantic of Frank Weston's genial manner, and he in his
turn will, no doubt, have life-long pleasant recollections of the
English wheelmen he met when over here. No, " only a bicycle
friend "is an absurd sentiment. Youth is the time for forming
friendships, as very few men — and fewer women — possess the charm
of fascinating, whether for friendship or love, after youth has passed ;
and we not only hope and trust, but feel perfectly confident, that in
after years, when the cyclists of to-day have sobered down in their
various walks in life no friendships they have formed will be firmer,
or leave a pleasanter, early reminiscence of their beginning on the
mind, than those which had their origin in wheel life.

THE WHEEL WORLD. 139

A LUCKY CHANCE.

By " Bab Yardley."

HEN Jack awoke on the following morning he felt some-
what stiff from his struggle with the waves ; but this
soon wore off after his usual dip and a hearty breakfast.
Then he set out for the inn to make inquiries concerning
the health of the young lady he had rescued. The old gentleman,
who rejoiced in the name of Mellish, received him with open arms,
and became almost incoherent as he overwhelmed him with thanks.

" My dear sir," said he excitedly, " I don't know what to say to
show you how much I feel. You have rendered me a service
which I can never repay in any way, My daughter is all I have
left in the world, and without her life would be but a terrible blank.
Let me thank you again, and shake you by the hand once more."

Jack felt very uncomfortable. He did not like being praised, so
turned the conversation by asking how Miss Mellish was.

" My dear young friend," was the reply, "I'm afraid she will not be
able to leave her room for quite a fortnight — so the doctor says ;
otherwise she seems quite well, and in no way to have suffered from
her exposure to the cold water. Luckily she has always been fairly
strong and healthy."

Jack expressed his pleasure at this, and then, having been thanked
all over again by the old gentlemen, returned to his lodgings, with a
parting promise that he would come back in the evening to dine.

During the next fortnight he saw a great deal of Mr. Mellish ;
in fact, they generally spent the greater part of the day together.
They explored all the coast within walking distance thoroughly, and
came across many delightful little coves and nooks, where they could
lie in the sun and smoke, with the sound of the sea in their ears.
They also went on various fishing excursions, and slaughtered many
mackerel and pollock ; besides, now and again, engaging in fierce
encounters with long and savage conger-eels. Whilst they were
thus spending their time Miss Mellish was rapidly recovering ; her
ankle was almost well. On the day of her first appearance down-
stairs, Jack was formally introduced to her. After he had somewhat
recovered from the shower of thanks with which she and her father
once more overwhelmed him, hefound that she was a fair-haired, lovely
young lady of about eighteen, whom most people would have called
good looking — certainly, in about half an hour's time, when they had
become quite friendly, Jack thought so.

Of course, after this, the long walks and sailing expeditions ceased
for a time. In place of them, the two were used to help the lady to
reach some sheltered corner amongst the rocks, close at hand, and
well out of the way of sun and wind. Here they used to spend most
of their time, talking and reading, and being generally happy and lazy.

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About a week after Rose Mellish was able to leave her room,
and Jack suggested that, as the weather was so glorious, and she so
much better and able to walk a short distance with very little help,
they should take a sailing-boat, and having loaded it up to Plimsoll-
mark with provender, go for a grand picnic to one of the numerous
bays along the coast. Rose was delighted at the idea, and her father
expressed himself willing to do whatever they liked, so that it did
not interfere with a quiet pipe and some small amount of dozing,
whereupon Jack set off to make the preparations.

First of all, he lounged down to the quaint little pier, where he
found John Beer sitting on a coil of rope, and leisurely mending a
damaged seine. This worthy suggested that Porcrassa Bay would
be a capital place for a picnic, for the landing was easy, and the view
from the cliffs particularly fine ; also there was a cottage handy,
should they desire to boil water, and, what was best of all, there
was sure to be a chance of a fine fish or two on the way there.
Therefore, Jack resolved that Porcrassa it should be, and no other
place ; so with final instructions he departed to look after the most
important item for rendering a day spent in the open air successful —
namely, food.

Mrs. Penhellick, of the George, to whom Jack applied, was as
pleasant a looking woman as one could come across in a hard day's
bicycling; and she had one great and grand idea, by which she was
enabled to skilfully rule and keep going both her family and her inn —
and this idea was, that to do any work — or what is still better, get it
done for you — it is absolutely necessary to have " plenty of victuals"
beforehand. So, undoubtedly, she was a good person to go to when
any question concerning the commissariat arose ; certainly the
unpacking of the hampers on the following day proved her to be a
woman of sense and feeling.

The day turned out to be a perfect one. There was just enough
breeze to prevent the sails from flapping, and to carry along the boat
gently over water of a deep blue colour, with hardly a ripple on it
large enough to upset a carefully balanced ccckle-shell. Rose sat
amongst cushions in the stern, while Jack took the tiller. Mr.
Mellish lay at full length under shelter of the sail, smoking, and
occasionally joining in the conversation which the young people
kept flowing vigorously. John Beer, in the bows, was chewing a
quid, and preparing fishing-lines for active employment. For about
two hours they glided on in this way, with a grand panorama of
Cornish cliff scenery before them, until they came in sight of the
little bay which was called on the maps Porcrassa. Here they
landed.

Why should I describe this day, and the manner of way in which
they spent it ? Nearly, if not all of us have spent such an one,
when we were perfectly happy, and yet did nothing but lazily exist
under the sun. We all of us know the charm of lying stretched
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trouble put aside for the monent, and only true friends by one's
side.

In due course they attacked Mrs. Penhellick's hampers, a goodly
portion of their contents being handed over to John Beer, who had
been trying all the morning, with but small success, to catch rock-
whiting. The fish did not care about biting anything, not even a
most tempting morsel of decayed mussel, on so hot a day. After
tea, and when the sun had set in a golden glory somewhere over
towards the Scilly Isles, they started homewards. The mcon rose
higher and higher as they slipped through the water, and threw her
silvern rays over a vast expanse of sea. Whether it was due to the
" inconstant " one, or to the cool evening air — soft as a baby's
cheek — I know not ; but this one thing is certain— namely, that Jack
felt irresistibly compelled to talk about his literary efforts, and tell his
new friends of his hard struggle for bread and cheese. Both of them
listened with great interest, and more especially Mr. Mellish, who
asked a great many questions about all he had done and tried to do.

" It must be very hard," said Rose, " to have to fight and struggle,
and struggle and fight, and then find that all one's efforts have been
nearly, if not quite, useless ; especially when you feel, through all
the hopelessness of it, that you could do something if the chance
would but come — something that would be worthy of the calling
you have adopted. I am sincerely sorry for you, Jack. But don't
be down-hearted. The chance will come, I'm sure it will. Let us
look on the bright side of things on this lovely night, when every-
thing around us is bright and hopeful."

" I should very much like," said her father, after a pause, "to
have a look at this unfinished novel of yours, if you have no objection.
I might — for I know one or two publishers — be of some little
assistance to you."

"You are both very kind," replied Jack. "I feel already better
hearted since I have known you two, my friends, although it is not
three weeks from the time we first met. Certainly, if you care so to
do, you shall read the half of my novel which is written. I'm afraid
you will find it exceedingly weak in construction. I will bring it
round to the George this evening, when we get back."

Then Rose began to softly sing some simple song, followed by
others, until — with a sigh that so happy a day should ever orae to
an end — they landed on the rough stone steps of the little pier.
Half an hour afterwards Jack placed his unfinished story in Mr.
Mellish's hands, and then said good-night.

As he was taking his before-breakfast dip on the following morning,
he had not the faintest idea that anything out of the common would
happen to him, or that, as was the case, a chance was coming for
him which would most likely set him going, with a fair wirld, over
the sea of literature on which he had embarked. On returning, with
wet towels and a fine appetite, he met the postman, who handed

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him a letter. He was agreeably surprised, for it contained a very
fair offer from a publisher for a short story about bicycles and their
riders, which was to be brought out in the following spring, with
illustrations by a rising young artist who had contributed many
clever wheel-sketches to the cycling magazines. This naturally
put him in an excellent humour, and he attacked his breakfast with
a will. " With a few alterations," he murmured, addressing a
rather unsympathetic coffee-pot, " my novel will do capitally. I
shall have to make it much shorter than I had intended, though,
which seems a pity."

In about an hour's time Mr. Mellish came round to see him, bring-
ing the packet of manuscript in his hand.

" Get your hat and come out," said he, " for I want to talk to
you."

So they made their way down the narrow street, and then along
the cliffs until they came to the very spot from which Jack first saw
his new friends. No better place could be found, should one desire
to sit and talk upon a summer's day.

"Jack," said his companion, when his faithful pipe was fairly
going, " I have read ' That Wretched Bicyclist.' " As far as it goes
I like it very much. Of course there are faults in it — you must for-
give me if I speak plainly — but they are faults which, with practice,
will soon vanish. On the other hand, I think it shows that if you
persevere in the profession you have chosen you will in time take a
place high up in its ranks. Now, I have an offer to make you. You
may not, perhaps, know that I am the editor and half-proprietor of
The Illustrated London Portfolio. As you may have heard, my paper,
I am proud to say, is generally considered to be the best of its kind
in existence. You have seen our summer number for this year, by
that well-known author, Richard Brown, with illustrations by some
of the best artists of the day ?" Well, what I propose is this : If
you will finish " That Wretched Bicyclist " by January, I will use it
as my next summer number, have it illustrated in the usual way,
and give you one hundred and fifty pounds for it.

Jack's brsath was fairly taken away, for he had never dreamt of
such a chance as this. The Illustrated London Portfolio, he knew, was
in the habit of engaging only first-class men in literature and art, and
paying them well. Therefore he could only gasp out something
quite meaningless.

" I am not proposing this out of kindness alone, or because you
saved my daughter's life," continued Mr. Mellish." " If I did not
see that there was something more in your novel than
is to be found in the ordinary run of such books I
should not have made you this offer. Besides, the leading idea in
it is new and will catch the eye of the public. So, if you will only
finish j our story as well as you have begun it, I shall be perfectly
satisfied. Remember, though, that this is a great chance for you,

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and if you work well afterwards, your position will be ensured. We
will talk over the details some other time."

Jack could really say nothing at all, he was too much overcome ;
so, after pressing the great editor's hand, he rushed away — where he
went, or how far, he never knew, for all he could do was to think
wildly of the future, and murmur to himself again and again, "At
last !"

In the evening, when his spirits had calmed down a little, he re-
paired to the George, and then found suitable words to express his
great thanks. Rose was delighted, and would have danced round
the room if she had been able ; altogether, it was an evening which
Jack never forgot as long as he lived.

Soon after this he returned to London with his friends, and at-
tacked his work vigorously. It was a very happy time for him, too,
for his future at last seemed bright and glowing. When the novel
was finished, the work of illustrating it began. Jack enjoyed this
exceedingly, for all the spare moments he could get he spent with
the Portfolio artists. Most of them knew nothing about bicycles,
and none of them had ever mounted one, which was rather awkward.
But Jack, nothing daunted, sat to them, time after time, in all man-
ner of positions, but of course always with his wheel ; and he ex-
plained and talked about the different parts of the machine as he sat.
He also introduced them to innumerable wheelmen, with all kinds of
bicycle, and in every kind of uniform, and even induced some of the
more daring to put aside brushes for a while, and learn the noble
art. Every Saturday afternoon Mr. Mellish's house and grounds,
on the banks of the Thames, were crowded with London clubmen,
who were' eager to have a share, however small, in the forthcoming
summer number. Rose was charmed with the novelty, and more ,
than charmed with a long-legged tourist of repute whom Jack intro- '
duced as his bosom friend. This was why she was induced to try
tricycling.

Why should I tell you anything more about it ? The story ap-
peared in due season, and the writer of it was hailed by the reviewers
as a man who might do good, if not great things, in time.

The public also— which is, after all, the chief thing — bought the
paper with avidity. In short, Jack soon found that he had quite as
much work as he could comfortably do, and that he need no longer
have any doubts concerning the career he had chosen. This, he
acknowledged, was all owing to a day in August, so hot that it sent
three people in Cornwall fast asleep when one of them, at least,
should have kept an eye on the treacherous sea. But then the
treacherous sea brought about for Jack the lucky chance which, atone
time, he thought was never coming.

144- THE WHEEL WORLD.

JOTTINGS ON LEAVES FROM AN OLD CYCLIST'S
NOTE-BOOK.

Monsieur Vincent, Rue du Chateau d'Eau, 29 bis., Paris, com-
menced making bicycles in 1861.

Monsieur Jacquier, Rue Lafayette, No. 83, Paris, commenced one
year earlier still, viz., in i860.

Monsieur Michaux is credited with inventing the present bicycle
crank action in 1855.

On 6th September, 1869, a grand international bicycle tournament
was held at the Crystal Palace under the management of M,
A. D. de Lavigerie. Mr. Hillman (now of H. H. & Co.) rode
for the Coventry Machinists' Co.; Mr. R. J. Klamroth for Mr.
Newton Wilson ; and Mr. Reynolds for Messrs. Reynolds & May,
who were then makers of bicycles. It was at these races that
the rubber tyre was first publicly shown. Mr. Reynolds brought it
out on a " Phantom," fastened outside the iron tyre by strips of
parchment tacked on to the wooden felloe. On this machine Mr. R.
" walked away" from the non-rubbered fraternity.

In Coventry, now the "home of the wheel," the first boneshaker
was seen on the 22nd December, 1868. Manufacture was begun by
the Coventry Machinists' Company in January, 1869, and their first
machine was delivered on the 3rd February of that year, just about
13 years ago. The first rubber tyre was invoiced to them on the
24th December, 1869, i.e. about 3-I- months after the Crystal Palace
tournament ; and the first iron felloe was invoiced to the same
company on the 21st March, 1871.

Monsieur Gouel claims to have invented the " Spider" or tension
wheel. The first one known to have been sold from Coventry was
on the 2nd of June, 1871, but they had been in use before; in fact
before rubber tyres were applied.

Up to the end of 1870, the only manufacturers of bicycles in Coven-
try were the Coventry Machinists' Company. Mr. Starley, senior,
left them in the 26th of November, 1870, and Mr. Hillman on the
28th of January, 1871. Everybody knows that in this year of grace
1882, the number of Coventry manufacturers has multiplied infinitely,
and that the City of the three Spires has made its name in the
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HOW THE WHEEL WORLD 'WAGS.'"

HE so-called festive season is over, and one more month
of winter has confirmed my impression as to the re-
trogression of winter riders ; club runs have been fewer
this year than for two or three years past, although the
mildness of the weather made mud the only obstacle to be over-
come ; and on Boxing-day, when a beautiful warm morning might
have been expected to tempt everybody out of doors, only a handful
of riders' on each side of the Thames took advantage of the
opportunity to mount their wheels ; a dozen Stars, fifteen Brixton
Ramblers, and two or three of a few other clubs, being the only
riders who spent their Bank Holiday on wheels around the Metro-
polis. Allowing a wide margin for unattached men, and clubmen
who did not report their runs, a hundred at the outside — out of the
many thousands of London cyclists — showed their love for wheel
exercise on December 26th. What more need be said to sub-
stantiate my contention that bad example is leading bicycling in
winter in a direction popularly spoken of as " going to the dogs ?"
For a sport to degenerate does not necessitate (as some people
seem to think) that its votaries should be reduced in number ; quan-
tity in most things is a subservient consideration to quality, and
when it is palpable to any observant rider that all but a very few
enthusiasts are turning to butterfly bicyclists, the canine tendency of
the sport is demonstrated, and no amount of figures will alter the fact.
I therefore recommend the gentleman who has been publishing such
interesting tables of the distance which a line of bicycles would
cover, to turn his arithmetical investigations in a more appropriate
and seasonable directions, and, having deducted the hundred winter-
riders from the total number of wheelmen in London, work out a
problem to demonstrate how many theatres, music halls, and
billiard sateons could be filled by the " butterflies."

But, happily, the wheel world is not peopled entirely by bicyclists >•
the erstwhile despised " effeminate" tricyclists having come out in
grand force during the winter, putting to shame the stay-at-home
narrow:gauge riders, and compensating, by the frequency of their
appearance, for the absence of the whilom ubiquitous bicyclist.

But although the riders are inactive, there never was such a busy
time at the factories, every maker being apparently determined to
spend as much money as he possibly can persuade the Patent Office
to accept, and the whirring wheels in the factories, with their
attendant mechanics, being hard at work turning out mysterious
pieces of mechanism for the bewilderment of visitors to the Stanley
Show, where, if,we are to believe everything we hear, each maker
will exhibit a machine which will surpass every other for the
ingenuity of its construction, and the unique nature of its claims
to universal recognition.

Mentioning the Stanley Show is rather dipping into the future
than recording the past, but it will be recollected that the Wlieet

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World predicted, so long ago as March last, that the Exhibition
would be moved to the Agricultural Hall, and not only ventured
to vaticinate that change, but gave excellent reasons for the removal,
which have, apparently, had weight with the powers that be, and
the next Stanley Show will accordingly be held in the huge galleries
at Islington. It is not often that occasions arise upon which
magazine writers can venture to emulate old Moore, Zadkiel, and
Co., so that when one of our tips becomes verified by the event
we naturally feel a trifle elated. Cock-a-doodle-doo !

I am given to understand that dire and threatening premonitory
symptoms of ire are manifesting themselves in some quarters,
through my daring to hint that the Union Crusaders who commenced
the fight with the Railway Companies deserve any credit for the
recent reduction in rates; the B.T.C. monomaniacs claiming all the
credit for what, if I am correctly informed, the B.T.C. had nothing
to do with, but which was brought about by the private and personal
influence of a gentleman, who, being himself a B.T.C. officer,
wishes the credit of the change to redound to the club rather than
to himself. Even if private influence had had nothing to do with
the reduction in the rates, why should the hyperzealous Touring
Club men seek to puff up their club at the expense of the Union ?
Does the Union make a great to-do about the success of its endea-
vours to protect tourists from vexatious bye-laws or dangerous hills,
at the expense of the B.T.C. ? Do the Unionists hint that the
B.T.C. is useless and impotent, because it spends its income solely
in printing and stationery ? I trow not, and wish every B.T.C. man
could be brought to understand that the Union and Touring Club
are not opposition shops in the same line of business, but fraternal
concerns for each of which there is plenty of room, and both of
which, by working together, can achieve vastly greater results than
could possibly accrue to them, separately, by virulent opposition to
each other. Suppose the Touring Club shop has plate-glass
windows, the Union retaliates by doubling its frontage and paint-
ing the whole shop-front ; the B.T.C. then starts a line of carts to
deliver its goods, to counteract the influence of which the B.U. runs
a system of pair-horse vans ; the B.T.C. employs lady assistants
behind the counters, and the B.U. secures the services of peers of
the realm to manage its affairs ; the B.T.C. starts a dozen sandwich
men to perambulate the streets with its advertisements, to which the
B.U. retaliates by chartering a wagonette wherein to drive a brass
band about for a similar purpose ; the B.T.C. offers to give away half-
a-pound ofthe Union's goods gratis to every purchaser of a pound of
its own commodities, and the B.U. promptly announces that it will
give away a pound of the B.T.C. 's goods to every purchaser of half-
a-pound of its own wares ; the result is, that both concerns waste
an amount of energy and enterprise which, directed into a channel
calculated to the advantage of the public rather than to the van-
quishing of the opposition enterprise, would have resulted in an
immensely greater benefit both to the proprietors of each concern

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and their customers. We are a nation of shopkeepers, and perhaps
my shoppy simile will touch the understandings of some riders
who are still under the mistaken impression that the B.U. and
B.T.C. are antagonistic.

The Tricycle Association has approved of a report prepared by
a sub-committee for the purpose of arranging terms for the amal-
gamation of the T.A. with the B.U., but at present the affair bears
such a peculiar appearance that I dare not jest upon it. The
few tricyclists represented by the T.A. appear very modest in
their demands, and seem to consider that one tricyclist should
have as many notes as half-a-dozen bicyclists ; they also, to judge
by the report, distrust the Union's intentions, very elaborate
provisions being made to prevent the bicycling majority on the pro-
posed B. and T.U. overruling the tricycling minority. If I was
not so dreadfully afraid of incurring the fearful wrath of the tricy-
clists, I would venture to suggest that the opinion of tricycle riders
at large, independent of the handful constituting the T.A., could
be obtained very readily by the same means which is now used to
ascertain the opinion of racing men as to the appointment of a
public handicapper.

The meeting of racing men, which resulted in the appointment
of Mr. Cortis to the post of weight-adjuster, last spring, is con-
sidered so satisfactory a means of gauging cinder-path opinion
that the system is to be perpetuated, another meeting being called
for the 26th January, at which the attendance of all interested in
racing is required. Mr. Cortis having resigned, I understand that
the issue will lie chiefly between Messrs. Coleman and Griffin. The
" official timekeeper's" chance was considered a roseate one till the
appearance of a table showing complete results of H. H. G.'s
handicaps during the past year ; this was published because it
"might be interesting at the present time," and, of course, the
genial walkist had no wily motives in view connected with the effect
which the dissemination of the results of his handiwork would have
on the ballotting. Oh ! no. Well, at any rate, all's fair in love,
war, and electioneering, and since the object of the meeting is to
select the ablest man, H. H. G.'s move was at once a politic and
fair one, which has considerably opened the eyes of some of us as to
his ability to adjust the starts.

Amongst the club news of one of the weeklies, I recently came
across an item of a novel nature, wherein the secretary called upon
members who intended to stand for office to canvass among their
friends for support atthe approaching election. If the club desires good
officers, the sooner its secretary ceases to give such bad advice the
better. Members should understand that if they desire the good of
their club they must sink all considerations of personal friendship,
and vote only for men who have peculiar abilities to fill the posts
they aspire to. Jones may be a real brick of a fellow, no end of a
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a bit of a genius withal, and yet, although everyone in the club may
esteem him as a friend, he may not possess a tittle of the ability
necessary to make a good captain ; why, then, should Brown, and
all his friends, be asked to vote for him in preference to a more
retiring man, who, though not nearly such a brilliant fellow as
Jones, has yet the exact qualities which fit him for office ? If
these considerations were oftener weighed by clubmen, we should
hear less of the half-hearted manner in which many clubs have been
going on lately.

Royalty again patronises tricycling, two machines having been
supplied by Messrs. Singer to the Princess of Wales. Now that
Princes and Princesses of the blood, Peers of the Realm, over a
hundred Members of Parliament, and innumerable members of the
nobility and gentry, are taking practical interest in the world of
wheels, the forthcoming season should be a big boomer, and
Paget ought to tremble in his shoes lest one of his myrmidons
should some fine evening hale to durance vile the Prince of Wales
in mufti for riding along Hammersmith without a lamp, or for
fear that amongst the batch of drunk and disorderlies there should
be immured the Princess of Wales, or a Royal Duchess, whom the
police swore to as being guilty of furiously driving tricycles in
Wandsworth. Larx, eh ?

Looking abroad, I find the French are blessed by an additional
literary candidate for favour, Lc Revue Velocipedique being the Sport
Velocipcdlque's contemporary. Scuri, the Italian unicyclist, is
astonishing the natives of Paris by his marvellous performances,
and promises to re-visit us ere long with a 54-in. racing unicycle,
upon which, it is to be hoped, he will appear a trifle more graceful
than on his diminutive wheel.

Australian clubs continue to report the " most enjoyable run of
the season," and are looking forward to the advent of Mr. H.
S. Bale, of the Coventry Machinists' Co., Limited, who is about to
emigrate to their country for the benefit of his health, taking with
him some good goods in the way of bikes.

In America, Carte De Visitesy has been taken down a peg, being
licked into fits by the Yankee amateurs in a fifty miles race — his
favourite distance, too ! — and his downfall receives scant sympathy
from his English friends, who don't like to see him figuring across
the Pond under false colours. Keen and Patrick are getting their
hands in for the professional Championship of the World (think o'.
that !), in New York.

And not another item of interest can I unearth, relating to any-
thing that is going on in the wheel world, so I will conclude by
reminding my readers to book several days for the Show at the
Agricultural Hall, and the evening of the 25th of February for the
Canonbury Assault-at-arms.

"Axis."

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CYCLING CELEBRITIES.

No. 6. Mr. Richard Jourden.

HE subject of our notice this month has no blazing roll of
fame on the path to be handed down. He has written but
little, if anything, beyond club news. He never bestrode —
indeed, cannot bestride — anything higher than a 46in.
wheel. His name is unknown as a recorder of touring experiences ;
and yet there is not a better known man in the London wheel world,
or one who, when known, is better liked, than the hon sec. of the Bel-
grave B.C. In appeavance Mr. Jourden is short of stature, but comely
of face ; and as, eye-glass to optic, he stands at his club's annual feed
recounting their official doings of the past year, the ringing cheers
which back him up show to all present " Dick's" popularity in his
club. It is now several years since we made the acquaintance of the
Belgrave, and it happened to be just after their first run, and our hand
had then the pleasure of recording that event in the now defunct
Bicycle Journal, as it has now of penning a note of the position to which
the steady perseverance of its hon. sec. has raised him in cycling circles.
The Belgrave is not a large club, and its members are not perhaps
■descendants of " Mr. Croesus," but there is not a club in London
which gives more social events, or undertakes — and undertakes success-
fully— more winter wheel events than they do.

We remember hearing that their hon. sec was wont to go over the
■course at night before each Saturday's run, to ensure the selection of
good roads, and to avoid, in those early days when routes were com-
paratively unknown, the going astray of his flock, so that we hardly
need a better record of earnestness, and ought not, perhaps, to wonder
at the club's success. They made their first mark publicly by winning
the " neatest costume prize" at the Alexandra Palace, and this year
have turned out a racing man of such calibre that he ranks amongst
those " cracks " who still require a start. How much the Belgrave
■owe to their secretary's indefatigability we can only surmise. There,
however, remains the fact that a small club of some 30 to 35 members
are able to give an annual dinner ; an annual ball ;
an annual dramatic entertainment; an annual "smoker";
.and last, but not least, a " ladies' tea " after the
Hampton Court Meet. It is perhaps, after all, not a wonder that
with so many things on the winter tapis, the Belgrave sec. should
be so well known, but we certainly can quote him as an example of
one who toils for the good of his club without any effort for personal
aggrandisement. Indeed, he probably, of all who know him, will be
the only one surprised that he has been selected for painting in our
pen-and-ink portrait gallery of well-known wheelmen. Quiet workers,
however, are as equally deserving of recognition as those who work
(and work well, it may be true), but who seek —quite properly, we ad-
mit— to leave their lights under no bushel. The Belgrave have had
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but, like the laws of the Medes and Persians, their hon. sec. remains
unchanged in everything. In fact, we may paraphrase the well-known
lines in his case, and say that while " captains come and captains go,
Dick stays on for ever !"

A TRIP TO PARIS.

On the nth July, my friend Hack and myself started from Syden-
ham for a tour to Paris, and after a hard day's riding, having the
wind in our faces and very bad roads, we arrived at Newhaven, and
embarked on board the steamer " Marseilles " for Dieppe, which we
reached on Tuesday morning, 8 a.m. — and here our troubles com-
menced, as we had to go through the Customs office, etc. After
leaving our bicycles there four hours, and paying 86.50 francs for the
two, we managed to get them away, and while trying to find the
Hotel du Chariot d'or, we were very fortunate in meeting Mr. Craig,
captain of the British Residents B.C. (Paris), and Mr. Duparc, a
member of the rame club, who took us where we wanted to go, also
to Monsieur Hoffman, B.T.C. Consul, and Mr. Parkinson, president
of the Dieppe B.C., who gave us some very valuable information
about the roads, hills, etc. The two former gentlemen rode with us
part of the way to Rouen the same afternoon, where we slept at the
B.T.C. house, Hotel de Rouen et du Commerce, which we can
highly recommend. The heat being so intense, we were unable to
start until 6 p.m. on the following day, and rode through Pont de
L'arche to St. Cyr-du-Vandreuil, where we halted for the night at
Hotel du Cheval Noir, which was most comfortable and moderate.
Thursday morning we started at 2 o'clock and rode through Gaillon,
Vernon, Bonniers, and Moutres, where unfortunately my tyre came
off and threw me, spraining my left wrist, and cutting my hands.
With reference to the hill into Gaillon, we can corroborate Mr. A.
M. Bolton's statement as to its rideability. We arrived at Paris
about six p.m., and stayed at the Hotel de Boulogne, 3, Rue de Jean
Jacques, which we found very comfortable and cheap, andean highly
recommend it to bicyclists. After a most enjoyable stay of a week,
we started on our journey back, and after a splendid ride of three days
arrived at Dieppe on Friday evening. The roads from Rouen to
Dieppe were simply grand, and the others were very good, with the
exception of the pave through the villages. On Saturday evening
we went for a ride with the afore mentioned gentlemen, which we
very much enjoyed. Before finishing we must not forget to mention
the extreme kindness and the trouble which Messrs. Parkinson,
Hoffman, and Duparc, took for us about our bicycles on our return
visit to the Customs. We left Dieppe on Sunday morning, and
returned via Newhaven and Brighton, and reached home on Monday
afternoon after a most enjoyable and pleasant trip.

George Bolton, Junr., Sub.-capt. Sydenham B.C.

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When the month of February is ushered into our presence one
naturally looks for a resumption of wheel rides and a revival of
cycling enthusiasm, whilst a vigorous awakening to wheel pleasures
is naturally expected, as dawns upon the intellect the fact that but a
short time has to elapse ere spring will once more appear as a
welcome guest to all. Fortunately for the interests of the sport at
large, there are indisputably a few hardy riders of the wheel who
endeavour to disclose to a prejudicial public the fact that a cycle is
rideable and eminently useful even in the wintry period of the year.
With the presence of February winter is admittedly on the wane,
while with the close pi'oximity of spring cyclists who care not for
winter riding should now turn out with renewed vigour, reveal to the
world that the glories of wheeldom have in no way abated, and if
possible further substantiate the fact that cycling still takes the lead
as being the healthiest and the most pleasurable of all the British
sports. Give the drum a one-er !

Few bicycles have as yet made an appearance on the Western
roads this year, and very little is reported doing amongst the
Western clubs. As I write, the ball, instituted with considerable pluck
by the Bridgewater B.C., and which a great many Western clubs
would do well to follow, is an affair of the future, the date fixed being
the 26th of January. The promoters display considerable energy,
and I hope it will turn out an undoubted success, so as to stimulate
other clubs down this way into following the Bridgewater example.

" In spite of the one-sided utterances against the noble army of
bicyclists, gentlemen," exclaimed the club orator recently at a
" social" of a certain prominent Western club ; " in spite of the
frantic ravings of old women who descant upon us in terms which
are as remarkable as they are untruthful ; in spite of prejudiced
judges who glory in fining wheelmen twenty, thirty, or even forty
shillings ; in spite of — aye ! in spite of all, there is one place yet

where we may, I am thankful to say, ever find sympathy and"

" Where, where ?" burst forth from thirty-one mouths simultaneously.
" Why, in the dictionary, you duffers !"

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Stimulated by the noteworthy success of the Dorchester B.U.
Local Centre, some of the Western clubs are considering the advisa-
bility of creating another centre somewhere between Dorchester and
Bristol. The Wells is about the most enthusiastic club in that
direction, and Wells being admirably situated, it is probable the
affair will quickly assume a definite shape.

By this time next month it is to be hoped that the Western clubs
will partially revive from their dormant state, otherwise I beg to
inform them they will incur the serious displeasure of

" Spanks, Junr.''

PARK PRACTICE IN CHICAGO.

I hear that the Park Commissioners have filed a petition from the
Bicycle Club, allowing them the privilege of using the boulevards,
and trust that President Walsh and other gentlemen will do all in
their power to promote the most healthy exercise that has ever been
brought before the public, and grant us this much-needed privilege.
It must be understood that the bicycle is not a mere toy, used by
small boys and girls, but a bicycle of modern make is a vehicle used
by many clergymen, wealthy merchants, tradesmen, clerks, politicians
and other gentlemen whose occupations consist of healthful
pleasures. In Boston, Philadelphia, Washington and other cities,
men go to and from their business on bicycles, saving time and
money, and giving them exercise, which so many gentlemen are in
need of.

The modern bicycle is rather expensive, running from «$ 80 upward
to $175 ; therefore it seems a shame that, after buying this luxury,
they cannot ride it on a public highway, or rather on a road that
happens to be fronting their own residence.

If the Chicago Park Commissioners grant the bicycle riders this
privilege they will be doing more good to the city of" Chicago than
they are aware of, showing to the world that Chicago is not back-
ward with other cities and civilized countries. If horsemen will
show more bravery and determination on their part, no accidents,
will ever occur, coming in conjunction with a bicycle. If it was a
steam engine or a flying machine, then they would have more cause
of complaint ; but to allow his horse to become frightened, shows
cowardice on the part of the driver. It may be relied upon that a
bicycle rider will exercise good judgment for his own personal safety.
Now that I see there is a bicycle school in the city, every person of
sense will learn to ride, and have thorough control over his machine
before he attempts to ride on the road or the boulevard. Probably
had this school been opened when the bicycle was first introduced in
Chic'ago, the Park Commissioners or the public would have had no
cause for complaint. There are now over 200,000 bicycles in use in

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England, as small and crowded as it is. The bicycle is given the
right of way, and fewer accidents occur from or by this mode of rapid
transit than any other. Should a gentleman be expelled from the
public highway on account of his clothing being of such a colour as
to frighten a gentleman's horse, it would be intolerable.

In a period of two years or so the number of bicycle riders in
America has increased to g,ooo, and Chicago numbers less than any
other city in the Union, all on account of these restrictions concern-
ing their right of way in the parks and boulevards. It has been told
that in days to come horses will not be seen on the street, but a
motive power, unknown now, will be taking their places. Would
that it were so now. What a blessing it would be to the bicycle
riders and the public in general. However, should the Park Com-
missioners draw conclusions in favour of the bicycles, the riders will
be careful and use good judgment, giving no cause to make the
Commissioners regret giving us the privileges which we are anxiously
waiting for. — Chicago Inter-Ocean.

FANTASTICAL BICYCLE.

Fanciful structure on course expeditional,
Thou strikest the gaze like a form apparitional,

With strangely bewildering slide.
Thy shadowy outline is phantasmagorical ;
Thou seemest (to utter a phrase metaphorical)

A sort of personified glide.

What wondrous inventor, with mind methodistical,
Conceived thy idea, aerial, mystical,

Yet so mathematic'ly true ?
The brain which concocted thy airy machinery —
Imagined thy spectral effect on the scenery —

Was ghostly and dreamy as you.

Philosophy tells us inventions mechanical

Are made by observing the structures organical

Which all throughout nature abound.
But were she subjected to strictest of scrutiny
By geniuses Archimedian or Newton-y,

Thy prototype would not be found.
Thou lusus naturae — thou wild irresponsible.
Filmy objective to all that's demonstrable —

Fantastic, ridiculous word !
Thy gyrates mesmerical puzzle humanity,
Thou outcome of science, inspired by insanity,

Thou wavy, embodied absurd.

— Detroit Free Press, Christmas Number, 188]

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*55

It seems it was a cricket club, and not the Temple Bicycle Club,
which supplied the members who, fresh — in every sense " fresh" —
from a " social," wrecked the doctor's brougham outside Anderton's.
We are glad to record this — not the wrecking, but that it was the
work of cricketers, not cyclists.

Annual general meetings have been all the go this last month, and
many prominent officers of prominent clubs have elected to retire
into private life. Amongst these we may mention Messrs. Bening-
field, A. E. Oram, Bailey, and Dray.

The Eastern suburban " bike" and " trike" clubs who amalgamated
under the title of the Essex are going ahead with plenty of vitality,
having given " socials" at regular intervals in January, and a ball at
Stratford Town Hall.

The Anfield B.C., of Liverpool, is a hard riding club, and have
been on the road last month. The secretary's name is P. C.
Redman, not the bloodthirsty Irish one of " Redmond," as given in
a contemporary.

We are not " goody goody" by any means, and not above a quiet
spin occasionally into the country on Sunday, but we do not admire
the recounting of a formal club run on Sunday in the bicycle press.
It is bad enough to organise a club run on Sunday, but worse to
print an account of it. This happened, however, last month.

Balls are becoming as universal amongst bicycle clubs as amongst
bicycle makers, all the good ones of each class going in for them. In
January alone we had dances by the Crichton, Highgate, Hornsey,
Croydon, Civil Service, Dewsbury, Brighton Excelsior, Essex, Leeds
Crescent, Ferntower, Edinburgh Rovers, Facile, Biggleswade, Ariel,
Bridgewater, Hammersmith, Centaur, Zephyr, North London, and
last but not least appropriate, ^Eolus B.C.'s.

The Crichton B.C. have taken to the Railway, i.e., the Railway
Hotel, Penge, which is to be their new head-quarters.

The Spread Eagles had their annual spread at the Hackney
Restaurant last month, when " The Ladies and several others" were
toasted.

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The Sun B.C. has been giving what are termed " pleasant even-
ings." We thought one of the peculiarities of the Sun was that it
never appeared in the evening. An exception, however, may per-
haps be made in favour of this club, as its secretary is a Pearson
(Appear Sun !)

On the two occasions on which we have had the pleasure of hear-
ing that Gaunt young man of the City Rovers who sings comic songs,
so well, he has always given "We won't go Home till Morning,"
but we hear that he was " well on it" at a recent Essex " social'' with
some new ditties. If you go ever so " Farr" you " Gaunt" find two
better amateur comics than the members of the City of London and
City Rovers B.C.'s who bear these names.

Wheelmen will not forget, we are sure, the Canonbury Assault-at-
arms in the Holloway Hall on the 25th instant. Mr. Jan Bos is,
appropriately enough, " boss" of the sub-Committee of management..

Mr. F. C. Baxter (Willy Montrose) succeeds Mr. H. A. Speechley
as captain of the Chelsea B.C. Mr. J. H. Chadwick remains as
hon. sec.

Codgers' Hall, that scene of mock parliamentary debates, is now
the head-quarters of the City Rovers, their new bride, in fact — Bride
Lane, E.C. The club's motto as to advancement is " Bound to
Win(d)sor."

We notice a club about to give a dance says " club uniform or
evening attire." What is evening attire ? Evening dress we know,,
but evening attire might mean a night-shirt ! We hope none of
the dancers will be a-tired anyhow.

The Marmion, at their recent dinner at the Freemasons, Ladywell,.
Kent, proposed " The Visitors and Kindred Clubs ! This must have
been specially worded to suit the Stanley, because Marmion 's dying;
words to his kinsmen we all know were " On, Stanley, On."

Walter D. Welford has done good " biz" for the B.U. in Newcastle
by getting the N.A.B.C. to join and form a local centre. There were
sundry racing disputes on Tynesidelast year, which, if re-occurring, we
trust may be properly adjudicated on now that Northumbria has the
Union " sent her."

A well known officer, Mr. J. C. Bangs, has just retired, after
three years' hard work, from the honorary secretaryship of the South,
Hornsey B.C. He received a well-earned testimonial, illuminated;,
but a more appropriate gift would perhaps have been the game of
" Go-Bang."

The Dewsbury B.C. are justly proud of their warm member, Mr.
P. G. Hebblethwaite, who has done some excellent performances this
past year. Messrs. J. E. Tolson and Walter Dawson also carried
the club colours to glory in 1881.

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OTTIKLGS FROM TOE

$LE

If the proposed " Home Manufacture Exhibition " takes place, it
will give some of our firms in the bicycle line an opportunity, which
I trust they will not be slow to take advantage of, to bring forward
Irish-made bi.'s and tri.'s. In the " bone-shaker" days the Dublin-
made ones were considered very good, and who knows what might
be done now, " if they would only try ?"

Now that a considerable amount of interest is directed towards
the hill-climbing competition, I would call the attention of the Dublin
clubs to the feasibility of making arrangements for a like competi-
tion ; and, if this suggestion be acted upon, I would further suggest
that Knockmaroon Hill might be selected for the first trial. It is a
remarkable thing that a number of men have ridden it — to use their
own words — " with ease ;" but is a significant fact that, in the
majority of cases, " alone they did it."

The following, which I have copied from the American papers*
may prove of interest to the readers of the " W. W. ": — " If a two-
wheeled vehicle is a bicycle, and a three-wheeled a tricycle, it does
not follow that the one-wheeled is an icicle. It is a wheel-barrow."

A reporter the other day saw four men on a street corner convers-
ing earnestly, and he stopped. One of the party was relating a
frightful runaway accident, and the reporter got his note-book and
took it all down. The horse took fright from some bicycles, ran
away, threw out a woman and two children, killing all three, and
dragged the driver two miles, breaking every bone in his body, and
crushing his skull all to bits. The reporter got the names, and then
cheerfully asked, " When did this occur ?" " W-e-1-1," drawled the
narrator, " I think 'twas in the spring of '79." Exit reporter, quoting
Biblical words !

" Athcliath."

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A REAL NOVELTY; OR, THE MOST UNPLEASANT RIDE OF
THE SEASON.

By "Jarge."

" Hey, but I'm doleful.

Willow, Willow, Wuly, Oh."

— Patience.

" And the wind it blew,
And the snow it snew."

— Old Song.

Introduction*.

S a clubman I naturally take a good deal of interest in
club runs, and the remarkable frequency with which
" the most enjoyable run of the season " crops up, leads
a racing man, unaccustomed to those outings, to fancy
that they must in nine cases out of ten be, to use a slang term, " all
beer and skittles." Racing held me in thrall during the summer,
but the autumn season and my prearranged retirement from the
path having at length arrived, I began to look forward to some parti-
cipation in these enjoyable excursions.

Let me confess at once, as an erst club secretary, I knew how
hollow was that boast in many cases, and I longed to join one
or other of those clubs whose hon. sees, were always to the fore with
the stereotyped flourish, and see with my own eyes whether it was
applicable or not ; but on looking through the fixtures I found that I
was a day after the fair. When hon. sees, had a chance of springing
that novelty, " the most unpleasant run,'' on the reading public,
their clubs unfeelingly refrained from attempting the dangers of the
road. But "Jarge " was not to be baulked thuswise ; if there
wasn't a club run wherein he could spy out the nakedness of the
land, at least a trip on a " sociable " would give some little criterion
of what description of country was most favoured by the clubs in
question. Forthwith, the Finchley " sociable " was once more put in
commission; once more "Jarge I." secured a willing co-martyr in the
cause of science, in the person of George Gatehouse, or "Jarge secun-
dus." Once more the now historic portmanteau was packed
with the necessary changes of raiment, and on Saturday afternoon
deposited in No. 41, at Clemow's Palatial Halls.

Saturday afternoon was spent in a study of the " Sacred Lamp "
at the " Gaiety. "and in the evening the prospective victims put in a
little judicious training (?) by attending the Surrey B.C. dinner. Need-
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a very pleasant one. The jovial Honeywell blew his own trumpet
in a manner which satisfied all his hearers, and the voluble J. S.
Oxx indulged in recitation. • • •

Somewhere about the hour of one the two voyageurs returned to
Anderton's, and having instructed the porter to call them
"preshishley at eight o'clock " they retired, somewhat weary, to their
couches.

• •

About 10 o'clock next morning two youths came slowly down the
staircase, the elder cautioning the younger seriously against
over indulgence in "sauce au beurre," which he said pro-
duced dizziness and swimmings in the head at the time, and
frequently serious headache in the morning. A truly B.T.C. break-
fast, however, set our voyageurs up, and the question of how to
reach Finchley came on the tapis. No trains being available, the
omnibus seemed the only feasible means. Of course each conductor
said he was going the right way, and after skipping from one "'bus"
to another, the cyclists at length, by a stroke of good fortune, hit off
the 4-horse coach at the Swiss Cottage, and for the modest sum of*
is. were conveyed, bag and baggage, to Moss Hall Grove. The pair
were in mufti, and it became a question where to change. On appli-
cation to the Moss Hall Tavern, a curt reply was sent out to the
effect that they couldn't accommodate the riders, although it was
only the use of a room for 20 minutes that was required. Happily
the cyclists found a friend in the ostler, who said " he knew Mr.
Boverton Redwood, too," and (in consequence of that fact, of course)
permitted them to dress in a stall of his stable. Straw under foot, a
snapping terrier in the manger, and an unpleasant looking nag with
a malicious and inquisitive eye occupying the other side of the sway-
ing pole, it was wonderful to note the agility with which our half-
garbed youths skipped round his heels, for he looked surly, as if now
and again he was taking the elevation with a view to a "gentle
reminder." Happily no such contretemps occurred, and at length,
after a suitable acknowledgment to the " friend in need," the " good
trike Sociable" was once more " on the job."

• •••■•

The road out to Barnet was diversified by but one incident, and
that was meeting Messrs. Redwood and Reynolds, F.T.C. A climb
up Barnet Hill (until it was found to be hard work) brought the
trikists to the Old Salisbury, and the loons were roused with a shout
of "We are a merry family, we are." A considerable rest was
taken, and a light lunch, and once more the heayy mud was plunged
into. The route was that of the first Championship (tricycle), and
the Junior put many questions, which, however, elicited but meagre
replies from "Jarge," senior, seeing that his recollections of that
trip are so confused that he was utterly unable to recollect any par-
ticular part of the road until the hill going up out of Bell Bar was

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reached. Here a sharp turn to the right was taken, as Hertford, via
Essendon, was the intended destination.

What a lot of spare time the originators of the road from Essendon
must have had ! It seems to go any way but straight, and oh ! the
surface ? Somewhat hilly the road is, yet even that is no excuse for
fearful water-washes, holes, gullies, and pitfalls. The gay double
trike went into one after the other with a dead drop which seemed to
strain every part of its metallic frame. Truly Starley's wheels must
be strong, seeing the lateral strain thrown on them with fearful sud-
denness. Essendon and its gaping rustics were left behind, and after
passing through two or three " splashes," and meeting a rider so
strongly resembling " Bath to London Koch, L. B.C." as to make the
Senior salute him in a friendly manner, to his evident astonishment,
the double tricycle sailed solemnly into the streets of Hertford.

Passing on — casually taking the bearings of the B.T.C. house, the
Dimsdale Arms, en route — the tricycle turned to the right for
Haileybury College, where a mutual friend and enthusiastic cyclist —
Mr. Gilbert Duke, of the Chichester B.C., is at present located. After
a parley in due form with the janitor, the crew crossed the square, or
"quadrangle," and the porter, tapping at a study window, soon
brought the Cicestrian out to heartily welcome his visitors. Forth-
with they followed him into " No. 22," where two more acquaint-
ances, in the persons of Messrs. Riccard and Hallward, presented
themselves. Though near the end of the term (which propinquity
naturally induced a scarcity in the cupboard similar to that which

has been crystallised in the
well-known nursery legend of
Mother Hubbard), our hosts
issued forth on a skirmishing
expedition, and soon spread a
repast before the tired way-
farers, who, nothing loth, fell
to with energy. Without
doubt,Study No. 22 is a strong-
hold of cyclists, for on every
hand symptoms of the wheel
fever presented itself. Num-
bers of" The Cyclist lay in pic-
turesque profusion around the
room, portraits of "parties
who shall be nameless" hung
upon the walls ; and " I cy-
cles," decidedly the worse for
wear, stood on the bookshelf,
side by side with a suspiciously
perfect edition of a work on
algebra. The conversation
was of the wheel, wheelly, and
even the atmospheric effects,

Ou*. Hvs fe "Rice «uvcLU.S5 * «f tku>v

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which portended rain, were noticed as likely to " make the roads
beastly for bicycling." Our Haileyburian hosts — garbed in the jacket
and stovepipe hat, which, from a scholastic point of view, are as dear
to Englishmen as the provisions of Magna Charta — did the honours
most gracefully ; and whethdr it was brewing tea with the aid of a
portentous black jack, or plunging into the recesses of the clean
crockery basket (technically denominated " Moab"), they proved
themselves most capable caterers ; and if the well-known proverb,
" that the way to a man's heart is through his mouth," be true, they
undoubtedly must find a very warm corner amongst the " works" of
the "Jargii."

" All that's bright* mu&t fade," and the happiesf reunions "at length
come to an end ; so about eight o'clock the Haileyburians saw the

The "Humber" Bicycle (Manufacturers— Humbbb, Marriott & Cooper: Works
— Beeston, Notts).— This celebrated machine is undeniably the fastest, lightest and
strongest used on the racing path. The fastest one and two miles on record, also the
greatest distance in one hour (18| miles 210 yards), have been accomplished upon them. As a
roadster the " Humber" is undeniably miles faster in a day's journey, and more durable than
any other machine manufactured. The fact that the "Humber" bicycles are now almost
exclusively ridden by all bicyclists of distinction at the Universities and throughout the
United Kingdom, is sufficient evidence of their superiority over all others. Samples are on
view at the London Depot, 78, Bichmond Boad, West Brompton. Price lists and testimonials
free on application.— Advt.

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" double" glide down the avenue and dash up the hill to the right,
en route back to Hertford. In due course the Dimsdale Arms hove
in sight, and in a very short time the two wheelmen were encsonced
in two easy chairs, discussing, after a hearty supper (meat and
cheese — oh! gastronomic mistakists ?),-a night cap, which at an
early period brought about a desire for

" Nature's sweet restorer,
Balmy sleep."

No, 3 was reached, and with wishes for fine weather — destined,,
unfortunately, to be dashed — the gay cyclers composed themselves
for sleep.

"The early village cock" had just crowed "salutation to the
morn," when the maturer of the pair of " Socialists" sprang from his
couch, and hastily drawing aside the blind, cast a long and anxious
glance upon the road below, and then with due solemnity, turning
to the junior, said, " George, it's rain-
in'," and forthwith sought the shelter of
the sheets. An awful pause ensued, but
at length the voice of the chamber-maid
aroused the two from their lethargy, and
forthwith, after dressing and packing their
portmanteau, they went down to breakfast.
This and the bill (very moderate) being
duly settled, and a little chat with the
landlord (Mr. J. L. Campling) being
finished, the riders adjourned next door to
a grocer's, where a "little offering" for
Study 22 was duly purchased and se-
curely slung over the portmanteau for
conveyance to Haileybury. Thecrewthen
started. Scarcely had they surmounted
the very mudcfy hill out of Hertford,
when down came the rain in torrents.
It was useless to hesitate ; there was no
shelter handy, and the " moist members"
slogged along through mud and stones,
at a fair pace. Just as they were sur-
mounting the last ascent before the final
run down through Haileybury Gates,
Jupiter Pluvius put on a spurt and settled
the matter finally and at once, the crew
arriving at the entry drenched to the skin. The package being duly
unfastened, the whole party adjourned to the Study for ten minutes'
chat ; and this being over, the three youths took an affecting farewell
of their cycling acquaintances, who slogged off through mud of extra-
ordinary tenacity and rain of exceptional penetrative power, en route
for Finchley. It was indeed a lovely ride. The scenery was en-

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trancing, and the elements propitious. Readers may congratulate
themselves that, through the liberal outlay of the proprietors, we are
enabled to present them with an engraving in "eaitfort" of the
scenery as seen from Hertford, Haileybury and Enfield. At

the lightning speed of about
o.\ miles per hour, the cyclers
drove the " sociable " through
the hopeless expanse of mud
and stones, until they struck
the Ware Road. Here they ac-
celerated their pace to i\ miles,
and at this terrible speed (which,
doubtless, a Hammersmith bobby •
would have certified as 25 miles
per hour) they flew through
Broxbourne and on to Enfield,
At Waltham Cross, walking be-
came the order of the day, the in-
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into the road some six or eight inches of crude, unbroken flint. After

struggling over a
quarter mile or so,
lour travellers only
found more further
on. At length they
struckoff to the right,
and after still further
struggles, landed at
Enfield town, when
both admitted them-
selves to be fairly
"baked." However,
after a quiet feed,
and a warm at the
fire, some slight signs
of renewed vigour showed themselves, and the Double was lugged out,
and once more the toilsome task was taken in hand. After immense
struggles and a fearful experience through Cock Lane, the crew
sighted Colney Hatch, and for once felt quite at home. Still slowly
but surely they progressed ; and when Jarge I. had just asserted that
some two miles had yet to be covered, the main road, 100 yards be-
low Tally Ho Corner, was struck, to the intense satisfaction of all
concerned, and in about five minutes the muddy trike was once more
ensconced safely in dock, and our travellers, loaded with two heavy
portmanteaux, sought the shelter of the Railway Hotel. In conse-
quence of their muddy appearance, it required some exercise of
diplomacy to secure accommodation ; but, this being eventually suc-
cessfully accomplished, a " quick change " turned out the erst cyclists
in the fancy waistcoats, pants, cutaways, and billy-cocks of an effete
civilization.

Anderton's and No. 41 being at length reached, a wash and brush
up prepared our riders for a particularly welcome B.T.C. tea of cur-
ried fowl, which " Ye Two Jarges " confidently recommend to other
sojourners in the Fleet Street head-quarters of the B.T.C; and in the
evening a visit to the new " Savoy" (so magnificently illuminated by
that future motive power for tricycles, electricity), where the Cices-

An Instantaneous Photograph of the Hampton Court Meet, showing the riders going at
full speed ; a marvellous specimen of photography. May be obtained, price 6d., post free 6Jd.
of Harry Etherington, 152, Fleet Street, London.

Hollow ay's Pills and Ointment offer to suffering mankind the most effectual cure for
Gout and Rheumatism.— An unhealthy state of the blood, attended with bad digestion, lassi-
tude, and great debility, conduces to these diseases, showing the want of a proper circulation
of, the fluid, and the impurity of the blood greatly aggravates these disorders. Holloway's
Pills are of so purifying a nature that a few do=es taken in time are an effectual preventive
against gout and rheumatism, but any one that has an attack of either should use Holloway's
Ointment also, the powerful properties of which, combined with the effects of the Pills en-
sure rapid relief. The Ointment should be thoronghly rubbed into the parts affected at
least twice a day, after they have been sufficiently fomented with warm flannels to open the
pores in ordpr to facilitate the absorption of the Ointment.

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trian youth for the first time heard Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan's
last "hit," " Patience."

P.S. — The Double, as usual, behaved admirably throughout.

THE LADY OF THE WHEEL

By "Art," Argyle B.C.

IN a lone and lovely country,
Scarce disturbed by busy men,
Near an ever-flowing streamlet,

There's a sweet sequestered glen,
Where flowers are always blooming,

And the foliage ever green,
Where the air's with perfume laden —

Nought but beauty marks the scene ;
Where the birds are warbling sweetly

I^ays of Heaven — so far away,
Singing, singing on for ever,

From dawn till close of day, —
And e'en then, when dark'ning shadows

Herald the approach of night,
The nightingale sweet melody

Carols forth till day dawns bright.
Such an ever-blessed country,

Such a scene of quiet rest,
I, when mounted on my cycle,

Chanced to see — when on a quest

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Of adventure and of pleasure,
Riding one fine afternoon,

'Mid the glory of the summer,
In the lovely month of June.

Feeling wearied with my journey,

Tempted by the lovely scene,
By the fragrance of the flowers,

By the harmony serene, —
I dismounted from my cycle,

Left it resting 'gainst a tree,
And I lay me on the grassward,

Feeling happy as could be.

Lying thus there came before me,

Issuing as a breath of air
From behind a neighb'ring thicket,

A sweet lady, young and fair.
Soon she came and stood beside me,

But she had not been so long,
When, in a lovely monotone,

She broke forth into song.

O'er hills and dales
My might avails

Thy steeds to guard aright,
Throughout the day
I near thee stay,

And when you ride at night,

With magistrates
And potentates

I try to plead your case,
To justice get, —
And cyclists yet

Shall surely get more grace.

When on the wheel
My aid you'll feel,

For in you I put pow'r
To treadle well,
To false fears quell,

'Mid sunshine or 'mid show'r.

'Neath broiling suns
At your club runs,

I'm ever by your side ;
Then do* not fear,
For I am near,

Whatever may betide.

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The music sweetly died away-
Soft the vision faded too.

A sound, I' start, and then awake
But to find it is not true.

But when dangers o'er me drifting
Cause me to despondent feel,

I think of the lovely vision
Of the Lady of the Wheel.

Brother bicyclists of England,

Never to your fears give way,
If you cannot gain that justice,

Which you merit now, to-day.
Time is surely working for us,

And our own brave honest deeds
Soon will quell all speech against us

And if more our pastime needs,
Whilst in danger or in trouble,

If despondent we should feel,
We've a Union to act for us

As a Lady of the Wheel.

A HOLIDAY RUN IN NEW ZEALAND.

Wednesday, the gth November, being a holiday, some few of us,
members of the Dunedin and Taieri Bicycle Clubs, resolved to take
a good long spin on our steel steeds. We chose the South road, as
being better known than the North, and Balclutha was fixed on as
the limit of ourjourne}\ Tuesday morning broke with a grey sky, and
showers kept coming down till about 2 p.m., making the roads
anything but pleasant for bicycling. At 5.15 two of our party met at
the station, and having carefully placed the ""wheels " in the van, we
•took our places for Mosgiel where a third was to be met. The
Taieri roads proved better than we expected, and after due considera-
tion we determined to ride to Milton the same night. At 7 o'clock,
after a good tea, we started, accompanied by another Taieri cyclist
for a few miles. The road for the first five or six miles along the
base of the hills is rough, and short, sharp, pitches are numerous,
but after passing Otakia (18 miles from Dunedin, and eight from
our starting point) it becomes level, or nearly so, as far as Waihola.
The Taieri bridge (12 miles) was reached at eight o'clock, and we
dismounted to " light up," as darkness was rapidly coming on.
With our three lamps blazing, we spun away, leaving a crowd of
small boys wondering " how they did it." From the bridge, till
within a mile or two of Milton, very little could be seen beyond the
road, owing to the darkness, as the moon did not rise till 9.40. Our
pace was necessarily slow, although few difficulties were met with,
the surface of the road being very good, and there being few hills.
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the dogs which our bells roused to bark, or which heralded the moon
when at last she rose, lighting us into Milton (25 miles) at about
10 o'clock.

Next morning Milton was left at 9.15. The wind was blowing
from the North-west ; the sky was bright, and with the sun on our
backs, " rolling a wheel " became warm work. For about five miles
from Milton the road is very good, and we raced along, heedless of
the miles which still had to be covered ; but soon hills begin again
and compel frequent dismounts. At Lovells' Flat, while talking to.
a friend met on the road, we discovered a cyclist racing down the
last hill, about a mile away. As he came nearer, we saw he was the
lost member of the party, who had been unable to come the night
before. He had left Dunedin at 5 a.m., and stopping at Waihola
for breakfast, pushed on, catching us up about 10 o'clock. After a
short rest, we took to the road again, the hills becoming more and
more steep, till the climax was reached at Stony Creek. About half-
past 10 o'clock the wind began to shift to the South-west, causing
mournful thoughts of wet jackets and rusty bicycles to pervade out
minds. Pushing on past Lake Tuakitoto, lying away below us, we
at last caught sight of Balclutha and the river. Descending the last
hill, we crossed the new bridge and dismounted opposite the Tem-
perance Hotel, at 11.35,41 miles from our starting point.

Balclutha, whether in consequence of the holiday or not, did not
seem very lively, and our appearance was hailed with delight by the'
available population — some dozen or so. We spent about two hours,
there, most of which time was occupied in the discussion of an
enormous dinner, and at 1.30 we started on our return journey..
After a few preliminary movements in the street, we rode across the:
bridge (toll being first paid), walked up the steep hill on the North,
side of the river, and mounting, spun off before the South-wester. In
spite of the help given by the wind some dismounts were necessary,,
but the distance back to Milton (16 miles) was ridden in 1 hour 25,
minutes from Balclutha, the last five or six miles being done at.
racing speed.

About two hours were spent in Milton, during which time rain
fell heavily, making the roads very slippery. At five o'clock we
started again, and rode into the Taieri (20 miles) in two hours, rain
again coming on and soaking us thoroughly.

The two town members of the party remained in the Taieri that
evening, riding the 15 miles into town next morning in time for
business. The whole trip was most enjoyable ; the only incident
which occurred to mar the pleasure being a slip at the foot of Look-
out Point, when the writer's wheel skidded while rounding a sharp*
turn, depositing him in the road plus a little mud and minus some
epidermis. The total distances ridden during the day were, 90 miles,
in nine and a-half hours, and 55 miles in about six hours for the
two town members of the party, and 60 miles in six and a-half hours
for the two Taieri men. The whole party were delighted with the trip,,
and do not intend it to be the last one by any means. — Otago Witness..

the wheel world.

i6g

The Capital Bicycle Club, of this city, gave its second uniform
soiree dansante on Monday evening last. " Fair women and brave
men," to the number of about four hundred, were present, and a
good supper and excellent music helped to make the event a great
social success.

Enclosed are invitation cards, newspaper clippings, &c, to show
you how it was all done. Please observe that the dancing cards are
round, bearing the gilt imprint of a wheel, with the dances and blanks
for names between the spokes. It would have given us great plea-
sure to have welcomed some of our English brothers of the wheel.

This club has recently removed to the Le Droit building, where it
has fine rooms for lockers and machines, and a large and well-
furnished parlour.

With the example of the Stanley Bi. C. before them, the Capitals
have begun to hold meetings for the study and discussion of the
mechanics of the bicycle, to promote a thorough knowledge of the
machine, and to arouse an increased interest in bicycling.

The subject of purchasing a double tri. for the club is now being
agitated. Club members may be seen often in the streets, mounted
on three-wheelers. Two gentlemen made New Year calls on a
" Sociable."

Although the L.A.W. has not a half-dozen members in this city,
many persons, in various parts of the country, are speaking and
writing in favour of holding the next Meet here. It is quite possible
that this may be decided upon. If so it will be a strong tribute to
the attractions of our so-called Wheelman's Paradise. Perhaps a
missionary spirit may influence some to vote for this city.

Washington, D.C., U.S.A., Jan. 16, 1882. " H."

"THE BEE HIVE" (Lambourne End.)

Why this famed cyclists' " pub " should be called a bee-hive

Will surely your cleverness tax ;
Though some natives to leave there their honey contrive,

They take home to their wives all the whacks.

"B,," Clarence B.C.

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AN INGENIOUS FRAUD.

EVERAL weeks ago we were communicated with by a
gentleman at Torquay who forwarded to us a letter, and
requested to be informed if it was in the handwriting of
the Amateur Champion of 1881. We at once replied
that it was not, and that the writing was nothing like it. It ran
as follows : —

" 224, Walworth Road, London,

'•Thursday Evening, December 1, 1881.
" Sir, — I must apologise for not having replied earlier to your
note, but was hastily summoned by telegram from town on
Wednesday, and have not had an opportunity. The machine and
appliances will be packed in crate and forwarded as directed per
goods train, to-morrow, or as soon as the railway people call for 'it
here. I am now writing them to do so.

" Trusting you will find it to your complete satisfaction, of which
I am pretty certain, and regretting the delay which has unavoidably
happened,

" I remain, yours truly,

" G. L. HlLLIER."

P.S. — I won't forget the grease ; thanks for the reminder. Bank
draft for £± duly received.

The gentleman never got the machine, with or without grease.
As the writing was fair, and, indeed, somewhat familiar, though we
could not individualise it, we presumed that it came from some
person who had been in the habit of communicating at some period
or other with the bicycling press. We saw "Jarge" on the matter,
and he informed u? that several similar frauds had occurred, all
in his name, and that the Bazaar people had got detectives on
the track. We, therefore, did notpublish any details for fear of rais-
ing a scare.

On Saturday last the culprit was brought up at the Lambeth
Police Court, and stuck to his name of " George Lacy Hillier."

Though there are plenty of Hilliers, it is hardly within the
bounds of possibility that there are two George Lacys of " that
ilk." It is, however, uncommonly rough on "Jarge," as the
police report in the Daily Telegraph was worded in the following
terse and startling manner : —

" LAMBETH. — Alleged Frauds.— Ge%rge Lacy Hillier, 27,
giving his address in Beresford Street, Walworth, described as a
clerk, was charged on a warrant with obtaining by false pretences
the sum of £3 from Joseph Latchmere. — Inspector Hunt, of the
Criminal Investigation Department, stated that the prosecutor was
no: present, and there were several other cases of a similar character.
— 'From the sworn information, it appeared that the prosecutor in-
serted an advertisement for a 42m. bicycle. In reply he received a

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letter addressed from 200, Walworth Road, and signed George Lacy
Hillier, offering a bicycle for £4. The prosecutor wrote in reply,
offering £3, which was agreed upon. Prosecutor forwarded a cheque
for that amount, which was acknowledged. The bicycle was never
forwarded, and a letter sent to the same address was not answered.
In one of the letters Hillier described himself as the champion
amateur bicyclist and tricyclist of England, and a member of the
Stock Exchange. Detective Sergeant Reid, of the P Division, said
on arresting the prisoner he tried to escape. He had been to the
Stock Exchange, and seen a George Lacy Hillier there, who knew
nothing whatever of the man or the transactions mentioned. Pri-
soner had been in the habit of having letters addressed to the
house in Walworth Road. — Mr. Ellison remanded him."

Numbers of persons are tried and convicted, and do their
sentence under false names, but we are sure that the misuse of the
name of one so well-known, so utterly above suspicion, and so
generally liked as the real George Lacy Hillier will draw forth the
sympathy of all wheelmen.

SPRING.

WHEN evenings grow short and the days become long
When weary of " socials," weary of song,
When weary of 'bacca and weary of glass,
And weary of toasting that 'tarnal young lass;
When " smokers" are threat'ning your manhood to steal,
You cannot do better than bring out the wheel.

When Nature awakes from her Wintry sleep,
And primroses pale 'neath the green hedges peep ;
When birds lift their notes to the smiling blue Heaven,
In thanks for new life now so lavishly given ;
When youthful blood kindles with masculine zeal,
You cannot do better than bring out the wheel.

When Winter has fled and when Summer is near,
When robin departs and the swallows appear ;
When joyfully vig'rous you're yearning to prove
Your pulses more quickly are 'ginning to move,
To keep your frames hardy and keep your hearts leal,
You cannot do better than bring out the wheel.

And when Spring hath arrived with her mirth-making troop,
And 'neath sweet-scented may glides the flashing steel hoop,
We'll make the best use of kind Heaven's best gift
Of vigour and youth ; with considerate thrift
We will chasten our joys, and with temperate zeal,
Now that Spring hath arrived, will we bring out the wheel.

'-' Volutok.'

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EIGHT HUNDRED MILES ON A TRICYCLE.

By Edward E. Thorp, London T.C.

Having made various excursions near London since my tour
mentioned in The Cyclist of 15th June, I started for a ride to North
Wales from Datchet, on 28th May, and after taking part in the
Tricycle Meet, rode to Harrow, and stopped there for the night —
distance 29 miles. 29th May : from Harrow, through Pinner,
Watford, Hemel Hempstead, and Eedbourn, 30 miles. 30th May :
Dunstable to Daventry, via Holyhead Eoad, 41 miles. 31st May:
Daventry to Tamworth by Coventry and Coleshill, 42 miles. 1st June :
Tamworth to Lichfield, 1 1 miles. Up to this place the road is good ;
in the middle of Coleshill there is a sharp descent, rather loose. When
leaving Tamworth, the editor of the Tamworth Herald accompanied me
on a " Cheylesmore " tri. On the direct road to Lichfield there are
two steep hills, which he avoided by taking me round by the Burton
Eoad and Whittington ; though four miles longer, it is almost level.
2nd June : Lichfield to Newport, 29 miles. Along the Walsall Eoad
by Muckley corner, rather bumpy ; then a slight descent, and l^-mile
hill past some collieries to Church Bridge ; then a good road past
Spread Eagle Station, through Weston-under- Lizard, turning just
past Weston Park to the right to Newport. 3rd June : Newport to
Chester, 41 miles. A slightly hilly road for about 10 miles to Tern
Hill, and then mostly level to Whitchurch. Being market day at
Whitchurch the streets were crowded with carts, whose drivers think
nothing of rules of the road. Two miles beyond here I turned off the
Chester Eoad to visit Malpas Church, which is a fine building, on the
top of a hill. I was here directed to go past the station, and soon
found the Chester Eoad which I had left ; the Welsh mountains can
be seen on the left nearly all the way to Chester, and the Peckferton
Hills on the right ; very good road to Handley, then somewhat rough
in places. 4th to 21st June: making Chester my head-quarters, I
took walking trips over the hills to neighbouring places in Wales,
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Mold and Ruthin is a hill called Moel Famman, 1,840 feet high, from
which all the vale of Chvydd can be seen, and Snow don (30 miles off)
just visible on a clear day ; on the top i? the ruined base of a column
erected in 1810 ; along the old road from Mold to Ruthin is the best
■way up Under the ehurch at Holywell is a famous spring, which is
supposed to cure lameness ; I counted 46 crutches hung round the
wall ; the water is of a bluish colour, and has a peculiar taste. The
Dee at Chester is very good for boating, being navigable for 30 miles.
Eaton Hall can be seen from the river very well, about seven miles
down. 22nd June : Chester to Llangollen, 33 miles. Leaving
Chester by the Grrosvenor Bridge, I found it rather stony until entering
Wales, then good to Wrexham, with a long hill to ascend near Rassett ;
Wrexham Church is very fine. An undulating road leads through
Ruabon to Trevor ; here the Vale of Llangollen begins, down a long
descent through Acrefair ; I had to ride slowly, as a swarm of colliers'
children were playing about, who instantly surrounded me, jabbering
Welsh akd catching at my wheels. From Llangollen Station I rode
to Yale Crucis Abbey, situated in a beautiful valley two miles along
the Ruthin Road ; from Dinas Brancastle is a very good view of the
vale. 23rd June : Llangollen to Cerrig-y-Druidion, 20 miles. Started
about 1 1 o'clock along a very good road to Corwen ; splendid scenery,
with the Dee winding along the bottom of the valley, and woods on
either side as far as Corwen (10 miles), where the vale divides, the
Dee going to the left and the Holyhead Road to the right. Ten miles
further is Cerrig-y-Druidion, a quiet little village, where the Snowdon
group can be seen in the distance. 24 th June : Cerrrig-y-Druidion
to Capel Curig, 22 miles. I had a very good road through Pentre
Foelas, and along the valley of the Conway to Bettws-y-Coed ; as the
road winds about, the view over the valley below is constantly changing;
the last three miles into Bettws are down hill. After crossing the
Waterloo Bridge I entered Bettws, and after dinner walked to the
Fairy Glen, near the Waterloo Bridge. On leaving Bettws I found it
was mostly uphill to Capel Curig, five miles, and a strong head-wind
obliged me to walk most of the distance ; the Swallow Falls are on
the right hand, two miles from Bettws; they can be seen from the road,
and a path leads to the foot ; the mountains became less wooded as I
proceeded. From the Royal Hotel at Capel Curig I ascended half-
way Moel Siabod, a mountair 2,800 feet high, and nearly got stuck
in a peat swamp while returning in the dusk. 25th June : Capel Curig
to Bangor, 15 miles. This road leads through the Nant Francan Pass,
which is considered one of the three finest passes in North Wales ; I
had hard work in riding to Ogwen Lake (four miles), situated among
some splendid mountain scenery ; as I rode up the pass there seemed
to be no outlet till 1 passed the lake, when a sharp turn to the right
showed the road gradually descending towards Bangor — on the left
hand is the valley, about 100 feet below, and on the right is Carnedd
David, the mountain next in height to Snowdon. I had a good run
down as far as Bethesda, where are some large slate quarries ; the
traffic from these having cut up the road, and rain having fallen over-
night, I had some hard work, but had a good view over Penrhyn

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Taxk of the coast from Beaumaris to Great Orme's Head. Bethesda
seems to have more children in proportion to its size than any other
place through which I have ridden ; a few gave the alarm of " lossipede,"
and I had a large crowd trying to race me. Bangor is a very straggling
city, principally consisting of a long, narrow street ; near the station
is a winding path up the side of a hill ; from the top 1 had a fine view
of the Snowdon group, the Straits, and Orme's Head. 26th June :
Stopped at Bangor all Sunday, and on 27th June rode from Bangor
to Beaumaris, and back to Capel Curig, 29 miles. Rode to Beaumaris
to see the castle ruins; after crossing the Menai Bridge (toll Id.) I
turned sharp to the right along an undulating and shady road ; the
last part of it skirts the Straits, giving me an extensive view over
Bangor and the distant mountains ; my return over the Menai Bridge
was toll free. As I returned up the Nant Francan Pass the Glider
Fawr mountain seemed to close up the end, and it appears with
greater effect when coming from Bangor than the other way. 28th
June: Capel Curig to Llanberis, 12 miles. The first five miles
this day I was obliged to walk, on account of a strong head-wind, and
stopped at the Penygwryd Hotel for dinner ; the Beddgelert Road
turns off here, and the Llanberis Pass begins ; I had to ride slowly
for the first half-mile, as the road winds very much, and is rough at
first, then I had good road to Llanberis, with Snowdon on the left and
the Glider Fawr — over 3000 feet high — on the right, and the sides of
both are almost perpendicular in numerous places. Passing through
the old. village of Llanberis and by the side of a lake, I arrived at the
new village, where the hotels are situated ; and after tea visited the
glen and waterfall, which can be reached by a turning opposite the
Victoria Hotel. 29th June : Having engaged a guide overnight at
my hotel I started at 9 a.m. for Snowdon ; the path is very clear, but
very stony ; half-way up we stopped at a hut kept bjr an old guide,
and had some tea; soon we entered the'clouds, and had a mile of walk-
ing in a clammy mist, which numbed my fingers ; a mackintosh or light
great coat is very useful at the top. On the summit are some huts,
where refreshments can be obtained and a fire to warm one's self; as
I had to wait about 20 minutes for the clouds to pass, it was very
acceptable. I had a view extending from S. to N.-W. for a distance
of about 40 miles each way ; Eastward I could not see far, as the
clouds were drifted in that direction. At a height of 3,000 feet is the
highest spring in England ; it is close to the Llanberis ascent, and
supplies the waterfall that I visited. In the afternoon I rode to Car-
narvon, and explored the ruins of the castle ; the outer walls are in
good preservation. 30th June : This day I intended to go to
Portmadoc, but after a hilly ride of four miles in a drizzling rain and
plenty of mud the rain became very heavy, and a gale of wind in my
face at the same time, so after four miles of this storm I put up for
the day at an hotel opposite Quellyn Lake, on the road to Beddgelert.
1st July: Quellyn Lake to Portmadoc, 14 miles. A good road to
Beddgelert — two miles rise, and then three miles downhill ; it is in a
beautiful valley where two streams meet ; about a mile further is the
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and the right to Portmadoc, passing through Tremadoc. 2nd July :
Portmadoc to Dolgelly, 32 miles. About a mile from Portmadoc is
a toll bar (toll id.), then a long rise and a good run down to Penrhyn;
here I kept to the right by the railway through another toll bar (toll
2d.), had a rough bit past some quarries, and then a very good road
over a plain, with a long ascent into Harlech. From the castle
there is a very good view of Snowdon, 14 miles off; in the fore-
ground is a wide plain with the hills in the background, increasing
in height as they recede, and Snowdon in the centre, the furthest of
all. The next 10 miles were by the coast, over a very undulating
road ; I found it very rough macadam when nearing Barmouth.
From Barmouth to Dolgelly the road skirted a wide estuary of a
river, with woods on either side ; being high tide it made a fine
expanse of water, but at low tide there are only sandbanks, with a
narrow stream at one side. As I proceeded, the road was very
undulating with a good surface, except a short and steep place about
four miles from Dolgelly, where the mud was very deep. 3rd July :
Stayed at Dolgelly. 4th July : Dolgelly to Dinas Mawdwy, 23
miles. On starting from Dolgelly I had a mile of rising road, then
another mile steep and muddy, and then about a mile rideable road
to the Cross Foxes Inn, where the Machynnleth Road turns off.
After a long rest I thought I should have a good ride, but round the
first turn I found a thick layer of stones, which continued for about
a mile ; the size of my hand is about the average size of these
stones, and as the traffic is very small these stones will remain for
some time. The descent to Dinas is steep and winding, but has a
good surface ; when I reached the bottom I had a good ride for
several miles along a winding valley into Dinas Mawdwy, where I
stopped for dinner. I had purposed riding to Welshpool, but after
passing a village called Mallwyd I had five miles of hill to ascend ;
the greater part of this I had to walk, and on reaching the top I
found that I should have 13 miles of mountain road before I should
arrive at Llanfair, the next place, so as the weather looked un-
promising I returned to Dinas Mawdwy for the night. 5th July :
Dinas Mawdwy to Bala, 18 miles. This road is the same one
mentioned in the " Six weeks' tour " in The Cyclist of 19th October;
for five miles the road has numerous sharp pitches, and three water
splashes are more than ankle-deep. And then I had the pass of
Bwlch-y-Groes to cross ; it is three miles long and rises nearly 500
feet in a mile, and being cut in the rock is very rough ; every few
yards I had to stop for breath and to rest my arms, and in several
places I had to haul my tricycle over large pieces of rock fallen from
above ; three hours were spent over those three miles. When near
the top a thunderstorm passed over me ; on reaching the summit I
had a most extensive view; about a mile distant was Arran Mowdvvy,
2,900 feet high, on the other side of me was the Berwyn range,
and in front was Bala Lake in the distance, surrounded by hills.
The descent to Bala is not steep, but the first mile is rough, and is
partly cut out of a cliff, with nothing of fence or wall at the side.

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Beyond this part I had a good ride to Bala, the last five miles being
beside the lake. 6th July : Bala to Oswestry, 35 miles. Having
been informed that the left-hand road to Corwen was better than the
one by Llandrille, I tried it and found it very good ; it rises gradually
for about four miles, and then downhill to Corwen, where I rejoined
the Holyhead Road, which I followed to Oswestry ; between Chirk
and Gobowen the mud was thick, but all the other parts very good.
7th July : Oswestry to Easthope, 39 miles. Had a good ride along
the Holyhead Road to Shrewsbury, through pretty scenery, and then
hilly in several places to Easthope, a village near Wenlock ; fine
scenery near Church Stretton, through which I passed. Here I
stayed with some friends for some weeks, taking rides about the
neighbourhood — about 100 miles altogether — and making my start
homeward on the 19th September, for Kidderminster — 28 miles — »
through Bridgenorth and Quatford ; good road except on entering
Worcestershire. 20th September : Kidderminster to Stourport, four
miles. Had a good hard road this day, and had some boating on the
Severn afterwards. 21st September: Stourport to Upton, 23 miles.
Soon after leaving Stourport I had a long but not steep hill to ascend,
and after this a good road, with slight undulations, through
Ombersley and Worcester, to Severnstoke, then up a winding hill,
and then a good run down to Upton, turning to the right at a cross
road. After leaving Worcester I had a good view of the Malvern
Hills on the one side, and the Breden Hills on the other. 22nd
September : Upton to Gloucester, 17 miles. I had a very pleasant
ride this day through Longdon and Maisemore, through a country
abounding in orchards and along shady roads, the only rough part
being between the 4th and 5th milestones from Gloucester ; from
Maisemore is a fine view of the Cotswold Hills and Gloucester ; in
the afternoon I ascended a hill near the Painswick Road, from which
all the Severn Vale and the Malverns are visible. 23rd September :
Gloucester to Wootton-under-Edge, 25 miles. A very good road to
Berkeley, the first six miles almost dead level, then undulating ;
from Berkeley I rode through lanes to Stone, a pretty village on the
Bristol Road ; about a mile further I turned to the left, through
Tortworth, up a long hill past the park ; soon I had an awkward
descent, not steep but winding, which leads past a station ; I just
avoided a collision with a string of coal waggons coming out from a
turning. After a long run down, I had a long hill to mount into
Wootton-under-Edge, where I put up for the night. 24th September :
Wootton-under-Edge to Nymphsfield, 7 miles. From here I had
two ways to ascend ; the one past the church is the better of the
two — it winds very much, and measures by the cyclometer almost a
mile-and-a-half to the top of the hill, where i should have had an
extensive prospect if the rain had not begun. Near here isTyndale's
monument on Nibley Knoll. From here I had a very wet ride of
several miles to Nymphsfield, a village near the old Gloucester and
Bath Road, where I stayed with friends till Monday morning. 26th
September: Nymphsfield to Swindon, 28 miles. The roads in this

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part being limestone, I found it hard travelling after the rain ; turn-
ing to the right by Kingscote Park, and passing through Shiptorf
Mayne, there was nothing particular to see till Malmesbury was
reached. The Abbey is partly in ruins, and the other part is used as
the church ; it is a very fine building. To Swindon I had a very good
ride ; soon after passing the railway, the road to Old Swindon
turns off to the right, here I had a long hill to mount up to the town;
to New Swindon and the station turn to the left at the foot of this
hill. 27th September : Swindon to Newbury, 26 miles. From
Swindon I had a ride through the chalk country; the first three miles
are moderately level, a long hill had then to be mounted ; from the
top, a wide view of the White Horse Vale could be seen ; to Aid-
bourn I had nearly all down hill of five miles length, and after six
miles of a good ride through a valley, stopped at Hungerford for
dinner, afterwards riding to Newbury. 28th September : Newbury
to Maidenhead, 30 miles. Between Theale and Reading were some
very muddy parts where trees shaded the road, the rest of the way
was good. At Maidenhead I left my tricycle to be overhauled by
the makers, alter a very pleasant tour of about 820 miles.

The following list of hotels I can well recommend, having stopped
at all of them : — King's Head, Harrow ; King's Arms, Hemel
Hempstead ; Red Lion, Dunstable ; Park, Bletchley ; Talbot, Tow-
cester ; Wheatsheaf, Daventry ; Knight's Temperance, Coventry ;
Castle, Tamworth ; Groves' Temperance, Lichfield ; Royal Victoria,
Newport ; Swan, Whitchurch ; Blossoms, Chester ; Mostyn Arms,
St. Asaph ; Star, Mold ; King's Head, Holywell ; Royal, Llan-
gollen ; Owen Glyndwr, Corwen ; Lion, Cerrig-y-Druidion ; Royal
Oak, Bettws-y-coed ; Royal, Capel Curig ; British, Bangor ;
Penygwryd, Llanberis Pass ; Dolbadarn, Llanberis ; Sportsman,
Carnarvon ; Snowdon Ranger, Quellyn Lake ; Prince Llewellyn,
Beddge'lert ; Royal Commercial, Portmadoc ; Castle, Harlech ;
Royal Ship, Dolgelly ; Buckley Arms, Dinas Mawddy ; Royal
White Lion, Bala; VVynnstay, Oswestry; Black Horse, Kidder-
minster; Tontine, Stourport ; White Lion, Upton ; Ram, Gloucester;
Swan, Wootton-under-Edge ; King's Arms, Malmesbury ; Goddard
Arms, Swindon ; Three Swans, Hungerford ; Queen's, Newbury.

Edwd. E. Thorp, London T.C.

RECOLLECTIONS OF SOME EARLY TRICYCLES.

N the course" of a correspondence we recently had with Mr.
William Soper, of Reading, the inventor and patentee of
the famous " Soper Rifle," he informed us that both his
father and grandfather, as well as himself and brothers in
past years had experimented with primitive tricycles. This inter-
ested us, naturally, and on asking for further details Mr. Soper
replied to us with the following letter, which, as it may be interesting
to others, we have his permission to publish. He says : —

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"I am sorry to say that I have no sketches or drawings of either of the
machines. On many occasions I have heard my father speak of the
machine made by my grandfather. He described it as having two
wheels, on which the man mounted, but when he was up it required
one man on either side to hold him on, therefore I think the
machine must have been somewhat similar to a bicycle, as the
ordinary dandy horse could be ridden with the feet on the ground ;
but I have never seen any drawings, and as the man who had the
machine made became the laughing stock of the neighbourhood,
because he could not ride it, he gave up his experiments in despair.
One of the machines made by my brothers, about forty years ago,
consisted of a light iron platform, about 6ft. x 5ft., round which was
fitted an iron rail, with a few upright bars to support it. This plat-
form was mounted on three iron wheels, two about six feet in
diameter behind, and a smaller one in front. One of the large
wheels was fastened to a strong three-throw crank, which was
worked by hand levers, therefore it required three men to work the
levers, and one to guide the machine.

"In this state several journeys were made with tolerable success,
except that they could not get up hills with it; therefore they thought
they would try with both wheels secured to the crank. The next
journey was to be ten miles out, and back again.

"The start created quite a sensation in the town, as they rode
through the main streets of Basingstoke, crossing the Market Place,
and going down the hill in Church Street in fine style. At the
bottom of Church Street, the road makes a nasty turn, just before
the next hill commences. Now, whether it was the effect of the
applause upon the ' man at the wheel,' or the general desire of all
that they should get up a good speed before they came to the turn
in the road, so as to go as far as possible up the next hill, was not
fully settled by them, as the cause of the smash up which followed
(but which by you and I may be fairly set down to the ' fastening
of both wheels to the crank '), for on the machine rounding the
corner, it refused to obey the ' man at the wheel,' and ran into one
of the cottage doors on the right side of the street, landing some of
the party inside the cottage (much to the astonishment of the old
lady who was living there), whilst the others (much to their own
astonishment) were landed in the gutter ; but so complete was the
smash up of the machine that it was never put together again.
Some ten years afterwards my brothers again made tricycles, to be
worked by crank and lever, the front wheel »being guided by the
feet. I then commenced one to work with treadles, so that the
weight of the rider's body should tell upon the treadles, which were
levers, acting upon a double throw crank fixed to one of the driving
wheels, which were about four feet in diameter, each having ten
spokes of three-eighth round iron. This machine I nearly finished,
but just then the question of the rifle for the British army came
under my consideration, and Igave up all other fancies to the study
of that most important question.

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THE 'CYCLIST XMAS NUMBER PUZZLES.

We give below the auswers to these puzzles in full. With regard
to 'the prizes, we are somewhat disappointed in the number of
entrants, only five entering the competition. These five, however,
have evidently taken great pains with their answers, and have tried
hard for the premier position. The "Home Trainer," for correct
answers to 50 puzzles, has not been gained, but the first prize —
" King of the Road" hub lamp, large size — is awarded to Mr.
E. W. K. Bailey, Ariel B.C., 27, Brownswood Park, Green Lanes,
N., who with 17 quite right, and 33 right in the key words but with
errors in some of the contained words, scores the highest average.
The second prize — small-sized " King of the Road" — we award to
Mr. A. E. Barfield, 20, Clissold Road, Stoke Newington, who scores
the highest number of correct answers, 19, but whose average falls
below that of Mr. Bailey, he only having 15 of the other key words
right. Mr. Thos. Farringdon, 4, Waterloo Place, Cork, secures
third prize — The Cyclist post free for twelve months — with 18 quite
right and 17 correct key words. The other prizes are withheld, the
average gained by the other competitors not equalling half the full
number. The unsuccessful competitors are Mr. A. W. Rumney, 17
right and 8 key words ; and Mr. J. S. Warburton, 13 right and 10
key words. The prizes will be sent in a few days.

QUOTATION CRYPTOGRAPH.

Ane. — Ride a steel horse, to Bodmin, of course,

To see local wisdoms their bye-laws enforce ;

With lamps and with bells, and with whistles to blow,

We must be noisy wherever we go.

— Faed's Hiding Rhymes.
Key :—
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FLUPQRYBXOWVE GZHTCADIMJNKS

SHAKESPEAREAN PUZZLES.

I. Ans.— Gonzala ; Ursula; Isabel; Duke; Isabella; Nym;

Gardiner ; Shylock ; Tybalt ; Angus ; Rivers.

II. Ans.— There; Heart; Every; Corse; Admit; Marry; Blood;

Roman ; Ilium ; Ariel ; Never.

TRANSPOSITIONS.

I. Ans.— Star, Arts. II.— Acme, Mace. Ill— Trade, D,'Bt.

IV. Ans. — Salvo, Oval.

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DOUBLE ACROSTICS.

I. Ans.— II. III.

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DIAMOND CROSS PUZZLES.

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PATENT RECORD.

[Compiled by Hart & Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C.]

APPLICATIONS FOR LETTERS PATENT.

5484. — A. Lafargue, Kensington. Bicycle and tricycle velocipedes. 15th Dec,

1881.
5514. — W. P. Thompson, London. Apparatus for driving tricycles (com. by N.

Merrill, New York, U.S.A.). 16th Dec, 1881.
5635. — F. S. Kendrick, Balsall Heath. Lamps for velocipedes, &c. 23rd Dec,

1881.
5653. — J. Harrington, Kensington. Tricycles and other velocipedes 24th Dec,

1881.
5682.— J. White and J. Asbury. Coventry. Velocipedes. 27th Dec, 1881.

27. — A. J. Boult, London. Construction of ball bearings (com. by H. Bussing,

Braunschweig, Germany). 3rd Jan., 1882.
98.— W. Dawes, Leeds. Tricycles, &c 7th Jan., 1882.
99.— M. D. Rucker, junr., Bethnal Green. Velocipedes, &c 7th Jan., 1882.

NOTICES TO PROCEED
Have been given by the following applicants on the dates named : —

16th Dec, 1881.— 3587. A. "W. Robinson, Birmingham. Bicycles and other

velocipedes. 17th Aug., 1881.
20th Dec, 1881.— 3576. M. A. Weir, London. Velocipedes. 17th Aug., 1881.
20th Dec, 1881.— 5284.— N. K. Huaberg, Stockholm. Tricycles and quadricycles.

3rd Dec, 1881,
23rd Dec, 1881.— 3888. H. Haes, Wednesbury. Bicycles. 8fch Sept., 1881.
23rd Dec, 1881.— 4121. T. E. Heath, junr., Penarth. Apparatus for driving

bicycles and other velocipedes. 24th Sept., 1881.
23rd Dec, 1881. — 5394. R. H. Berens, Sidcup. Mode of driving velocipedes, &c

9th Dec, 1881.
27th Dec, 1881.— 3684. W. G. Hammon, Coventry. Driving gear for veloci-
pedes. 24th Aug., 1881.
27th Dec, 1881.— 3697. G. R. Godsall and J. C. C. Read, Birmingham. Bicycle

lamp. 25th Aug., 1881.
27th Dec, 1881. — 3753. J. Kellett, Bradford. Arrangements for converting

reciprocating motion into rotary motion, applicable to velocipedes, &c

29th Aug., 1881.
3rd Jan., 1882.— 3764. J. K. Starley, Coventry. Veloeipedes. 30th Aug., 1881.
3rd Jan., 1882.— 4434. A. M. Clark, London. Tricycles (com. by L. N. Silver

and C E. Page, Maine, U.S.A.). 11th Oct., 1881.

PATENTS SEALED.
The following Letters Patent passed the Great Seal on the dates named : —

16th Dec, 1881.— 2582. H. J. Haddan, Westminster. Tricycles (com. by C. W-

Oldreive, Massachusetts, U.S.A.). 14th June, 1881.
30th Dec, 1881. — 3716. J. I. Warman, Coventry. Chains for transmission of

motive power, applicable to velocipedes, &c 25th Aug., 1881.
3rd Jan., 1881. — 2927. J. Simmons, Brixton. Propelling and steering road

vehicles by the hands and feet. 5th July, 1881.
3rd Jan., 1881. — 3279. W. R. Mortimer, Rogate Lodge. Brakes for bicycles,

&c 26th July, 1881.
6th Jan., 1882. — 3317. W. Jeans, Christchurch. Vehicles propelled by the

rider thereof. 30th July, 1881.,

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THE

IMPERIAL BICYCLE,

Manufactured by

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Crocus Street, Nottingham,

IS THE MACHINE FOR 1680,

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ST. JOHN'S WOOD

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The 50 miles was done in the remarkable time of 2 hours 50 seconds, beating
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minutes on this Tricycle, the same distance as the Bicycle trial, many Bicycles
exceeding that time.

Important Notice. — The Second Annual 50 Miles Tricycle Championship
Bace, on June 25th, 1881, was won on the Humber Tricycle by G-. L. Hillier,
against twenty other compstitors, the second man being 33 minutes, or about
equal to six miles, behind.

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PURCHASE YOUR BICYCLE OR TRICYCLE

Any make, at Manufacturers' Prices, on

GOY'S NEW PLAN.

Arrangements have also been made to supply BOATS, CANOES, PRINTING PRESSES,
HOME TRAINERS, LATHES, FRET SAWS and PERAMBULATORS, BATH CHAIR8,
INVALID FURNITURE, WASHING MACHINES. GYMNASTIC APPARATUS,
BAGATELLE and BILLIARD TABLES, &c.,on GOY'S original introduction of deferred
payments, i.e., Liberal Discount for Cash, or by equal Monthly Instalments not exceeding 12.

FROM GOY, THE ATHLETIC OUTFITTER,

You can obtain Club Uniforms and every requisite for — i

Bicycling:

Camping Out

Rinking

Tricycling*

Yachting

Skating

Cricket

Gymnastics

Boxing

Lavrn Tennis

Football

Fencing

Lacrosse

Swimming

AND ALL

Boating

Running

Athletic

Canoeing

Walking Sports

GOY'S

CALENDAR OF SPORTS

Forwarded free

on receipt of addressed

postal wrapper.

Bicycles and Tricycles Repaired or Repainted at Reasonable Prices.

INSURE AGAINST ACCIDENTS THROUGH GOY.

IS" Write for List you require.

Prkited and Pubbf-hed by Ilifff. & Son, The Cyclist Cffice, 12, Fmithford Stieet, Coventry.
London: Baiuvjt Ethf.mngton, 152, Fleet Stieet, E.C.

No. 23.

MARCH, 1882.

Vol. IV.

A mUUm * TOMTOM

Illustrated jgagazine of jfport.

EDITED BY

HENRY STURMEY & C. W. NAIRN.

LONDON:

HARRY ETHERINGTON, 152, FLEET STREET, E.G.

COVENTRY:

ILLFFE & SON, 12, SMITHFORD STREET AND VICAR LANE.

ILIFFE « 80N, PRINTERS, COVENTRY.

L. CORTIS, Amateur Champion, won the 25 and 50 Miles'
Amateur Championship Races on a Bicycle fitted with Bown's
"iEOLTJS" Ball Bearings, heating record time-

BOWN'S

PATENT

mm ball bearings,

FOB

FRONT WHEELS, BACK WHEELS, AND PEDALS OF BICYCLES & TRIGYGLES,

'ABE

Universally Adjustable, Dust or Dirt Proof, require

but Slight Lubrication, and consequently are the most

Durable Bearings yet introduced.

As a proof of their vast superiority, all the principal Amateur and

Professional Bicycle Eaces have been won by the use of these

celebrated Bearings.

Front Wheel Bearings.

Back Wheel Bearings.

Elevation. Section. Front View with
"" Cap removed.

Ball Pedals.

WILLIAM BOWN,

308. SUMMER LANE, BIRMINGHAM,

SOLE PROPRIETOR AND MAKER,

£N.B. — Manufacturer of every description of Fittings for Bicycles and
Stampings in Iron and Steel for same.

Bown's Patent '' iEOLTJS" Ball Bearings are admitted to be by far

fi the best as regards durability, easy adjustment, for attaining

great speed and requiring less lubrication than all others.

;■ £5

77/£ W7/^/ World Advertiser — March, 1882.

DOID ♦ RGADY !

ANNUAL,

EDITED BY C. W. NWN S PTOY JSTOI^EY,

CONTAINING :—

Diary and Almanac for 1882, with spaces for runs.

Complete Dictionary of the direct Roads from London throughout the United

Kingdom.
An Analysis of some English Roads, compiled from personal investigation.

By " Observer," L.B.C.
Description of the Principal Racing. Courses used by Cyclists.
The Racing Record of 1881, with Handicapper's Index.
Summary of the Racing Season in the Metropolis, the Midlands, the West and

South-West, and in Scotland, by residents in each respective district.
Table of fastest Amateur Times. By Mr. G. P. Coleman.
Tricycle Road Records.
The Complete Bibliography of Cycling. Tabulated and compiled by H.

Blackwell, Junr.
" A Cycle of Cycling.'' By " Aotjt."

An Exhaustive Illustrated Article on " Monocycles." By Henry Sturmey.
" Whitsuntide Wanderings of a Wharfedale Wheelman No. II."
"Wilfred's Wheel of Fortune." By William J. Bull, Minerva B.C. (Author

of " Odds and Ends").
" Manners Maketh Men." By McCullum Hill.

" How No. 1 of the ' Southern Wheeler' Appeared." By "Joey" Sawtell.
"Bicycle Riding" — A Few Hints to Beginners.
"A Tale of a Social." By "Joey" Sawtell.

« The Advantages of Bicycling." By R. P. Hampton-Roberts, Belsize B.C.
" Incidents of the Road." By Charles R. Maddox.

" Fireside Thoughts on Tricycles and Tricycling." By Boverton Redwood.
" Mems on Tricycling." By Harry Venables.
"That Ghttering ' Rudge.' " By "Titanambungo."
The Bicycle Touring Club.
The Bicycle Union.
Definition of an Amateur.
The Clubs of the World and then- Badges.
Chronological Resume of the past year.

Demy 8vo.

Nearly 300 Pages.

500 Illustrations.

PRICE ONE SHILLING,

POST FREE 1/4.

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Catalogue & Testimonials. [

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SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SHIPPERS,

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THE WORLD-RENOWNED

Duplex Excelsior Hollow Fork.

ALL IMPROVEMENTS, SPECIAL QUALITY & FINISH,

As supplied to the American Bicyclist Touring Party,

JULY, 1880.

Patronised by Her Majesty's Postmaster General f

The ExGelsior Tricycle, No. 1.

THE CHAMPION 10 MILE AMATEUR TRICYCLE RACE,

At the Fifty Miles Tricycle Race, on November 6th, 1880, from Finchley to
Hitchin and back, the four "Excelsior" Tricycles ridden by Messrs. H. J. Bell,
W.K.T.C. ; S. Corbett, C.B.C. ; C. Kitching, W.K.T.C. ; and W. W. Williams,
W.K.T.C., were each winners of medals, having completed the distance in the
specified time,

BAYLISS, THOMAS & Co.,

" Excelsior" Works, Coventry,

The oldest and largest Bicycle and Tricycle Manufacturers in Coventry with
one exception.

Descriptive Price List, with Woodcuts and Testimonials, 48 pages, Id. stamp.

LONDON AGENTS:

GOY & Co.. Leadenhall Street, E.C.;
HICKLING & Co., 30, Queen Victoria St.,

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PRINTERS

AND

PUBLISHERS

ESTIMATES ON APPLICATION,

12, SMITHFORD STREET & YICAR LANE,
COVENTRY.

SECOND THOUSAND.

REDUCED TO ONE SHILLING,

Post Free 1/3.

NAUTIGUS fl HOBBY HORSE ;

A Tricycle Tour of 1,428 miles through England. By the
Author of "Nauticus in Scotland."

Of all Bicycle and News Agents; or London, HARRY ETHERINGTON,
152, Fleet Street, E.C.

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THE "HOWE" MACHINECthi
Bicycles & Tricycles

Are constructed of the best material, and by the most experienced of workmen.
They are planned on the surest mechanical principles, and possess all the
desirable "points " in 'cycling machines.

THE "HOWE" BICYCLE. THE "HOWE" TRICYCLE.

changeable.

Small wheel behind.

Prices from =£15 15s. Price, £16 16s.

THE " HOWE " MACHINE Co., Li, Bridgeton, Glasgow.

Loudon: 46, Queen Victoria Street.

BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES IN EVERY TOWN.

THE "PIONEER"

BICYCLE.

H. J. PAUSEY, University Bicycle Works,

BEDFORD ROAD, CLAPHAM, S.W.
Three minutes' Walk from Clapham-road Railway Station.

The Wheel World Advertiser — March, 1882,

M. D. RUCKER, JUN, & Co.,

Letchford's Buildings, Bethnal Green, London, E.

CENTRAL PIN STEERING,

Secured with Patent Nut of -which X and Y are the plan and
elevation.
Advantages.— Extra Kigidity. A greater and better
beariug surface, and consequently less subject to wear, ease
of adjustment and impossibility to work loose.

NEW SECTION OF RIM.

Advantages.— The Rubber
is held securely without
cement, is easily turned
when worn, and is then equal
to a new tyre. The rims
being stiffer make stronger

S£cTtou of m**

(BELL'S PATENT).

(SWINDLE! S PATENT).

TJEIJB "RUCKER' JBICYOX*3E:

Is made of best possible material, and for rigidity, strength, and appearance cannot be sur
passed. The above and other patented improvements are supplied, if required,

without extra charge.

1»KICE, for any size, bright or japanned, with ball bear-
ings to both wheels, £17 lis. No Extras.

pkvd vnv< rr.icE lists wit

THE PATENT 'CLYTIE' TOURISTS' BAG.

With entirely new and most effective fastening to backbone.

Prices.— Best quality Cowhide, 21/- ; other materials, 15/-.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE "DEVON" SAFETY.

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THE 'FACILE' SAFETY BIOYCLE.

(BEALE& STRAW'S PATENT.)

All who are interested ■ in
Bicycling, whether young or
old, learners or practised riders,
should send for a pamphlets
descriptive of the " Facile,"
which is believed to be the
best machine ever invented,
meeting the requirements or
all classes of riders.

The size of front wheel for
a person of average height
varies from 34m. to 42m.,. and
excellent work may be done
even with the smallest, with
the advantages of almost
absolute safety — great brake
power and facility for hill climb- •
ing, ease of mounting and
dismounting, &c, &c.

TESTIMONIAL FROM CUTHBERT D. VE3EY, ESQ.,

{Winner of the late 50 mile Tricycle Race.)

11, Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W., '
Messrs. Ellis & Co. March 17, 1881.

Gentlemen,— I am pleased to inform you that I have given the 40-inch
" Facile" a most complete trial, and am very pleased with the result. I have
ridden it nearly 200 miles of all sorts of roads, so may claim to know something
about it. On the track at Surbiton I have ridden a mile in 3 min. 28 sec, which
is a surprising speed for so small a wheel ; and with a specially built machine I
believe the time might be considerably reduced. For road work the " Facile "
is a capital machine. A speed of 10 miles an hour may be kept up, and it goes
over rough or muddy roads more easily and steadily than the' ordinary bicycle.
There is no fear of going over the handles, so that it may be ridden over any-
thing. For hill work it is also very good. I have ridden both up and down
Oak Hill, Surbiton, which I cannot do on an ordinary bicycle. I came down
this hill, which is very steep, almost at walking pace, being able to use tha
brake and treading back to almost any extent. Altogether 1 am very much
pleased with the "Facile," and think they ought to sell well during the coming
Yours very truly, CUTHBERT D. VESEY.

From the Sporting Life, September 13th, 1881.— " The match for a 5 Guinea Cup came
off yesterday (Monday) on the main road from Hitchin to Finchley, twenty-five miles, resulting
in a victory for the "Facile." The winner, Mr. Boothroyd, rode a 40 inch Facile," making
very fast time as follows :— Five miles, 23 min. 28 sec. ; ten miles, 4G mm. 47 sec. ; twelve
miles and a half, or half way (Hatfield Railway Bridge), 58 min. 10 sec. ; fifteen miles, 1 hour
7 min. 36 sec. ; twenty miles, 1 hour 34 min. 30 sec. ; and twenty-five miles, 1 hour od mm. 5 sec
The roads were heavy, and rain f ell for the greater portion of the race, or the time would
have been even better." Mr. Harry Etherington acted as referee and took the times.

ELLIS &Co., rLatBrofomsbHua;y!st'; 165, Fleet Street, London.

(Adjoining Anderton's Hotel.)

3 The Wheel World Advertiser — March, 1882.

PALMER'S

PATENT

DOUBLE BALL BEARING,

DUST

PROOF

AND

ADJUSTABLE.

Possesses in perfection every point required. Can be fitted to any
Machine at a trifling cost.

PALMER AND CO.,

YIC10IU7I W0RKg,

SIX WAYS, BIRMINGHAM,

PATENTEES AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE
"INTERCHANGEABLE" BICYCLE.

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THE

NO. I "VIADUCT,"

44, 46, 48, 50 INCH,

£7 7s

On Wicksteed's Patent Double-
purpose Stand.
Reduced Price of Stand, 4/6.

COMPLETE FOR

. Od.

SPECIFICATIONS,

Stanley or Humber head and
neck ; handle bar, 22 or 24
inches wide, with ebony or rose-
wood handles ; best Lowmoor
iron forks ; large flanged hubs,
with from 50 to 60 direct spokes
or nuts and nipples ; case-
hardened, parallel or coned
bearing ; best lap-welded back-
bone ; spoon brake ; U or V
steel rims ; rubber or rat-trap
pedals ; hogskin saddle ; solid
leather pocket ; patent wrench ;
oil can and bell. \Painted in
two colours. If with single or
double ball bearings, 20/- extra.

For the superiority of our Manufacture we were awarded the
PRIZE MEDAL SYDNEY EXHIBITION, 1879, also
MELBOURNE, 1881.

TRICYCLES from 12 Guineas.

Ditto FOR BOYS & GIRLS from 3 ditto.

The Original and Largest Makers in the World of all Parts,
Fittings, and Sundries for either Riders or Makers.

SEND FOR OUR NEW ILLUSTRATED [PRICE EIST.

THOMAS SMITH & SONS,

Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Bolton and Manchester.

LONDON BRANGH--61, HOLBORN VIADUCT, E.G.

ESTABLISHED 1848.

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NOW READY!

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THE THIRD ANNUAL XTRA

Xnjas Number of The Gyclist,

EDITED BY HENRY STUBMEV,

CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING

Articles, Christmas Tales, Romances, Adventurous Rides,

&c, &c.
THE YEAR OF SPORT. By the Editor.

HOW I PROVED AN ALIBI. By William J. Bull, Minerva B.C. (Author of " Odds & Ends").'
A WILD, WILD RIDE ; or, The Mystery op the Dead Hand. A Reminiscence of the

Hampstead B.C.
BOYCOTTED. A Night's Adventure. By T. H. Holding, Prest. B. T.C.
A RIDE INTO DREAMLAND. By "B.," Canonbury B.C.
LA SOMNAMBULA. By"W.J.C."

THE MYSTERY OP THE MANTEL-PIECE. By " Choey Sawtell," Sherborne B.C.
AN ADVENTUROUS PIONEER RIDE IN AUSTRALIA. From Sydney, over the Blue

Mountains to the Temora Gold Fields, 360 Miles through the Bush. By " J.W."
THE CAPTAIN'S WIFE. By " Tommy B."
THAT GARRULOUS STRANGER. By " Ab Initio."

THE EFFECTS OF A BEEF-STEAK SUPPER. Two Illustrations. By " Smangle,"
£50 REWARD. By " Fabian." [Pickwick B.C.

CYCLISTS UNDER CANVAS ; or, Jottings from the Harrogate Camp. Twenty-five

Illustrations. By Lacy Hillier.
rtUR YOUNGEST MEMBER. By " Bab Yardlo>.
° GLANCE AT OUR ADVERTISERS. By the Editor.

POEMS, BALLADS, RHYMES, &c.

INTRODUCTORY VERSES. By the Editor.

THE DOCTOR AND HIS TRICYCLE. Founded on Fact. By"W.N.M."

THE CRY OF HUNDREDS. By "Plated Treadles."

THE LEGEND OF SIR SCORCHALONG AND THE LADY POTOJAM. Eight Illustra-
tions. By " Faed." \

THE FENIAN'S RIDE, Dedicated to and Written tor Harry J. Swindley. By "Agonistes,"

THE B.T.C. By "A Zingari." [Hampstearl B.C.

OUR PRESIDENT'S GOOSE. By "August," B.T.C.

A DOGGEREL CATASTROPHE. By "A.R."

IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE. A Topical Bicycling Song. By " Tommy B."

CYCLING versus COURTSHIP. By " Aout."

NURSERY RHYMES. By "Aout."

SMEARS, SMUDGES, SPOTS, AND SPLUTTERINGS. By "Algernon Sidney."

THE UNATTACHED CYCLIST. Being the Lamentations and Confessions of a Bachelor
Tricycle Rider. By "August," B.T.C.

DELIGHTS OF THE WHEEL. By " Whiterius," B.T.C.

OVER THE HANDLE-BAR. A Parody. By " W.W., Junr."

A TRIBUTE. By"W.J.C."

ILLUSTRATIONS.

(In addition to the Illustrated Articles and Verses mentioned above.)
Cover Sketch (illuminated in gold and eokmra). j?jK;i»htjC3JPiece. Nothing like a
Cheap Machine. 'Arry. Ye Boneshaker. Up-Hill. Down-Hill. A Disputed Point
(allegorical of the Social Question). A Lady Tricycler of the Future. People who
Won't Get Out of the Way. The Social Question. Rattling His Bones over the
Stones. A Sketch on the Path. On His Milky Whey. A Rash Attempt. Legs Over
(Six Illustrations). The Bicyclist ("According to the evidence usually given before
Magistrates," and "According to facts"). Foiled. Hats. Feet. Another Grievance.
Legs. Exploring. An Incident (Scenes I. and II.), and others.

Also "A Page of Puzzues," by " Faed's Australian Cousin," for the solution of which
several prizes are offered. Conundrums. Odd Verses, &c, &c, &c.

PRICE ONE SHILLING.

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MURRAY'S COMPLETE

ONDON TIME TABLES

Diary, and Suburban Railway Guide

(350 PAGES,)

Each Company's Tables are printed on distinctive coloured Papers.
Containing — The Time of Trains to all Stations 25 miles round London and
Principal Stations beyond; Diary, full page for each day; Notes, &c, &c.
Notes of Mails, Sailirjgs, Sporting Fixtures, Theatre Arrangements, Cab Fares
Busses, Times of Trams, &c.

dd.

Threepence. December, 1881.

MURRAY'S

COMPLETE

LONDON TIME TABLES

DIARY and

SUBURBAN RAILWAY GUIDE.

CONTENTS.

Map of London
Index of Stations
London Tramways

London Steamers . . „ „

Diary, with Notes of Mails, &c. „ „
South Eastern Eailway yellow „

London Brighton &S.C.Ry. pink „
London Chatham &DoverRy. amber,,
London* South Western Ry. green „

District

Metropolitan Eailway
North London Railway
Great Eastern Railway

ivhite paper 1 to

26 „

33 „

05 „

97 „

129 „

161 „

violet „ 193 „

cerise ,, 225 „

white „ 257 „

blue „ 289 ,.

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Entered at Stationers' Hall.

Of all Booksellers, E\ews Agents, Bookstalls, &c.

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By Royal 'Z^^^^C^tr^ Letters Patent.

Thomas Warwick,

MANUFACTUEER OF

Sole Maker of WOOLLEY'S

PPEP JSPIflNG JSflDDIiEft

PRICE— No. 1, with Flexible Sides, 6s. each.

,, No. 2, with Ordinary Plain Saddle, 4s. each

WARWICK'S PATENT RIMS

Are now so well known, and are so strong and durable, that all riders should
have them on their Bicycles.

large Assortment of Jlaterials of all hinas alamos in
^tock, of nest finish ano quality

INCLUDING

Eims, Spokes, Backbones, Hollow Forks, Hubs, Bearings,

Pedals, Springs, Lubricators, Oil Cans, Saddles

and Bags, Bells, Lamps,

And all parts finished and in the rough.

Stampings of every kind, of Best Quality.

Price Lists Free on application to the Works,

ALMA ST., ASTON NEW TOWN,

BIRMINGHAM.

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LOOK HERE II

A FIRST-CLASS BICYCLE AT A MODERATE PRICE.

WHERE CAN I GET IT? WHY FROM

WILLIAM ANDREWS,

5, STEELHOUSE LANE, BIRMINGHAM.

You will make a mistake if you do not send at once for a Price List and Full
Particulars to the above address.

SPECIALITY :

MACHINES BUILT TO OWNER'S IDEAS,

ANDREWS' PATENT Latest Improvements in Bicycles, viz.,
NEW NECK AND PATENT PEDAL.

All who use their Bicycles or Tricycles for business purposes,
should procure a pair of the new

TROUSER FASTENERS.

An expenditure of 2d. will purchase a pair of these, and enable their owner
to ride either a Bicycle or Tricycle in comfort and neatness in all weathers.
They are applied in a second, and as quickly and easily detached, and when not
in use are carried in the waistcoat pocket. Above all they do not spoil the trousers.

ONE PENNY EACH.

THE MOST USEFUL NOVELTY OF THE TEAR.

TO BE OBTAINED OF ALL AGENTS THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM.

"BICYCLE TYREST

Wholesale, or in single sets as required. Cement from Is. 6d. per lb.
Pedal Rubber, &c.

Waterproof Bicycle Cape, in Bag, for 5/6; by Post, 6/-

WATERPJROOF COLLARS, &c.

Write for Price List to the

EAST LONDON RUBBER CO.,

3, GREAT EASTERN STREET, E.C.,

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THE

Coventry Machinists' Co., Ld.,

MAKERS & INVENTORS OF

: ;

The Perfect Roadster, ♦ Tt™ i The Popular Tricycle,

THE SPECIAL GLOB, j |_

WITH PATENT

SUSPENSION SPRING.!

HOLLOW FELLOES.

DUST-PROOF

BALL BEARINGS.

THE CSJEYLESMORE.

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HOLLOW^ELLOES.

BALL BEARINGS.
OOUBLE BRAKE.

HIGHEST FINISH.

OVAL BACKBONE

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LISTS ON APPLICATION.

WORKS : COVENTRY.

LONDON: 15, Holborn Viaduct.
MANCHESTER : 9, Victoria Buildings.
BIRMINGHAM : 11, Colmore Row.

Branches :

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THE WHEEL WORLD.

CONTENTS FOR MARCH.

— PAGE

Shows 187

A Keminiscence. By Charles E. Maddox . . . . . . 189

Diminutive Dramas. No. II. : . . . , . . . . . . . . 195

" How the Wheel World ' Wags' " 201

Amongst the Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

A Visit to Coventry, the Home of the Modern Velocipede . . 208

Western Waifs 210

The Anchorites' Traynnerraisse. By " Faed" . . . . . . 211

Eoving Records . . 213

Jottings from the Emerald Isle 219

The Esthetic Cyclist 219

A few Good Things & Wonders which we saw at the Stanley Show 223

The Cost of Starting a Newspaper . . . . . . . . . . 226

Illustration 227

Hints to Cycling Tourists 228

Patent Record 228

GOOD THINGS!!

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for

Amateur Athletes, with special regard to Bicyclists.

Illustrated. By H.L. CORTIS (Amateur Champion at all
Distances, 1880). *■' Ready shortly.

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"NATIONAL"

TRICYCLE

COMPANY,
COVENTRY,

Sole Makers and Patentees

OF THE

— Guineas.

REGISTERED

AMATEUR

BICYCLE & TRICYCLE

CABINET,

4&5 GUINEAS,

REGISTERED

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BICYCLE & TRICYCLE

CABINET,

4&5 GUINEAS.

WINTER AMUSEMENT ! ! WINTER AMUSEMENT ! ! !

Hundreds of Riders are now building their own machines and saving half cost.

Sole Manufacturers and Patentees. Infringers Prosecuted.

QUNick DRee.tvdeyry, Patent Coventry "Hill Climber " CoKSn"t.PdT"c8oted-

SPEED At¥D POWER AT WILE!

Warranted to save half the labour on the steepest hills and against the wind.

— o —

Sole Patentees and Makers, " NATIONAL" BICYCLE & TRICYCLE

COMPANY, " National" Works, Spon Street, COVENTRY.

fia. 23- HoL 4.

JHardj, 1SS2,

SHOWS.

RE Shows of any real service ? What is the good of Shows ?
These are both questions which have been put to us durin-g
the past month. One felt inclined to answer off-hand to
the first query, " Why, certainly." To the second question
it is not possible to give so prompt and general a reply. Shows doubt-
less do good in their way, but they are not unmixed blessings. Every-
thing there of course is made "to show," and things made to show are
not generally so good as things made to go. It is, of course, not only
quite possible but of very frequent occurrence, that some of the finest
looking machines to the eye are also the best for practical use. On
the other hand, it is also frequently the case that some of the most
brilliantly nickelled machines are radically defective in strength of
material and accuracy of workmanship. To a practised mechanical
eye, such machines will stand in their true colours, but to inexperi-
enced persons there is apparently no difference between such and the
best makes of the best makers. " What do / think of Shows ?" said
a first-class manufacturer to us last month at Islington, "Well, I
know that the most duffing firm here has the credit of having taken
the most orders ; men come to Shows and go by glitter and outward
polish, and not by real merit." What the speaker said was doubtless
in the main true, and this is the weak side of Shows. But they have
their strong side as well. Suppose each maker was left without
advertisement, without a special press through which his new
wrinkles could be discussed, and without Shows, but with just his
own quiet connection, as it used to be in the old days, when a man
steadily made one pattern bicycle in some obscure country town, and
trusted to his purchasers sending other buyers to him to keep the
ball of trade rolling. Did he then care to go to the expense, bother,
and uncertain-of- recoupment outlay which is necessitated now-a-days
for improvements ? Certainly not ! He knew he made a bicycle ;
he knew that bicycle would go ; he knew there were plenty of orders
coming in for the machines as he made them, and why should he
try to alter the state of affairs ? No one but a wild enthusiast for
the continued onward march of improvement could blame him.

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From a business point of view, our emblematic maker was correct.
With the press, however, came advertising. With the press came
ideas. With the knowledge of the gradual and wonderful growth or
the wheel world, as evidenced by the press, came capitalists into " the
trade." It was no use for new makers to reproduce the same old
stock machine. They must attract customers by something new.
It is true that these " something news" did not and do not always
mean improvements really, but at any rate they show a desire for
competition, which is the best spur for trade of any kind. Too keen
a competition, however, leads to bad and " scamped" work, and it is
here the good of Shows, by giving opportunity for comparison,
comes in. Let the mechanical geniuses judge for themselves be-
tween makes, but let not riders inexperienced in this line be taken
by the false adage that " all that glitters is good," but take the
advice of others, and the benefit of Shows will remain and their evil
die out. We cannot too strongby express our satisfaction that no
prizes have been given or offered at the recent Stanley Show. No
matter whether the subject has been dogs, poultry, cows, or any
other animal, where one man's opinion alone is the arbiter pro or
con. thegiving of prizes — except inthecaseof races, where thefirstin
must win — the judging and awards at exhibitions has ever been the
cause of deep heart burnings and general discontent. Nothing is
more peculiar than to note different men's opinions of different
makes ; they are much more widely divergent than the makes them-
selves. There is one point on which we should like to touch before
closing our remarks on Shows, and that is that the Stanley have
awoke to the fact that their Show is the event of the year in bicycling
and tricycling circles. No matter how energetic a club officer may
be, he cannot live by Stanley Shows alone, and, having his own
business in the day time to attend to, cannot give that prompt atten-
tion to matters as such business men as our present makers expect,
and have a right to expect. ' This solitary flaw, we have every reason
to believe, will not exist another year in the Stanley Show arrange-
ments, and we are sure that all will wish continued success to " our"
particular " Show" of the year.

>+-«

A FEW CONUNDRUMS.

(i.) Why is a cannon the prototype of a good bicycle ? Ans. :
Because the C. bears balls, and the B. is ball bearing.

(2.) Why is a careless bicyclist like a confectioner ? Ans. :
Because the B. snaps handles, and the C. handles *" snaps."

(3.) Why is dust in the bearings of your " bike" like a pig in a
drawing-room, or a house on fire ? Ans. : Because the sooner you
get it out the better. "Johnny D."

* Small biscuits.

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A REMINISCENCE.

By Charles R. Maddox, Wanderers B.C., C.C., B.T.C.

APER, sir ! Special Globe, sir ! Breaking off of negotia-
tions with Germany."

The finishing up of certain business and secretarial
I matters preparatory to the start for our tour, and the
necessary arrangements therefor had so completely taken up our
time during the last few days, that we had read little and understood
less of the critical position of affairs in Europe, and took small note
of the announcement shouted out by the newsboys, an announce-
ment which caused other people to eagerly buy the paper, and after
scanning a portion of it with anxious interest, turn to their com-
panions and ask one another what would be the end. Neither did
we comprehend why the booking clerk looked so surprised when we
asked for tickets for ourselves and bicycles to Cologne, and enquired
if we were English, saying in answer to our "Yes," " I thought
you must be, by your speech." It was astonishing, too, that the 8.25
Queenboro' express was quite full of Germans all studiously reading
the Londoner Zeitung, and conversing in animated half-tones. Not
till we were on board the Zeeland Company's steamship " Prinzess
von Nederlanden," bound for Flushing, did we get a chance of look-
ing at a German paper — the Colnische Zeitung — and then we
discovered that, while people in England had heard but distant
rumours of possible war owing to the "surprise and secret" policy
of Lord Salisbury's administration, which, at the General Election
of 1885, had succeeded that of the late Marquis of Flintshire
(better known as Mr. Gladstone), the German dailies were present-
ing to their readers a faithful record of the complexities existing
between the courts of St. James' and Berlin, and the thoughtful
Germans had come to the conclusion that war was inevitable be-
tween the two great countries. However, as is the manner of
youth, we took little notice of these things, and decided that if the
dogs of war were ultimately let loose it would not be for at least
three or four weeks, by which time we should be safely back in our
own country. Perfectly at ease, then, we reached Cologne early in
the afternoon of the next day, and at once mounted at the Mainzer
Thor, en route for Bonn, along the familiar road via Bruhl. At
Godesberg we stopped the night, and were really grieved that our
nationality, instead of securing us an extra hearty welcome from our
host, as it did on the occasion of our last visit in 1881, only pro-
voked half-concealed contempt and sullenness. Instead of joining
in the circle, and passing the evening musically in the drawing-
room we had to sit apart, and hear the other guests at the far end of
the room discussing the news of the hour, the principal topic of
which seemed to be the " final note of Lord Salisbury."

Next day we crossed the Rhine in a ferry boat, and reached Olpe
in the evening, a small village with no telegraphic communication,

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and 17 miles from a station, and so cut off from news of the external
world. The most recent newspaper was the Godesberger Wochblatt,
10 days old. On the succeeding day we stayed at Iserlohn, an
equally out-of-the-way village, and from thence, starting early in the
morning, got as far as Munster, the capital of Westphalia, on the
third day from leaving Godesberg.

We had been greatly surprised to meet on the road a battalion of
infantry, and three or four companies of artillery, completely
equipped, and followed by ambulances, commissariat waggons, and
field telegraphs, for whom we had to dismount to allow room to
pass. But this was nothing to what was to come ; at the gates of
Munster (through which I had ridden many years ago, and had
been the first bicyclist seen in the place) a company of soldiers were
standing about, and from their captain we received an imperative
order, "In des Kaiser's namen haltet an und steht!" which we
obeyed. Demanding our nationality, and being told that we were
English, he arrested us as prisoners of war. We produced our
passports, signed years ago by the very man (Lord Salisbury) to
whom we were indebted for our present detention, during his foreign
secretaryship under the Earl of Beaconsfield, and had the pleasure
of hearing them laughed at. On requesting the officer to inform us
on what ground we were arrested he produced a copy of an impe-
rial decree, showing that whereas war had been declared between
England and Germany, all English residents in Germany were to
leave the country (if necessary, at the expense of the German
government) within two days from the date, August 15th, the
morning of our leaving Godesberg ! On our assuring the captain —
who, after all, was a gentleman — that we knew nothing of the declara-
tion, he informed us that the "final note" of which we had heard
at Godesberg was a request from Lord Salisbury to Prince Bismarck,
to make immediate restitution of, &c, &c, failing which Lord
Odo Russell, the British Minister at Berlin, would be immediately
withdrawn. In three hours from the despatch of that telegram
Whitehall was astir with the news that Germany had refused the
request, and both countries were ringing with the preparations
necessary for a contest between the two greatest nations of modern
times.

At Olpe and Iserlohn, we had, of course, heard nothing of all
these things, and now we were twenty hours beyond the time
allowed to all our countrymen to leave the empire. We were taken
first to the guard-room — improvised in a shop in the Market Place,
opposite the Hotel Konigvon England — and the commandant having
entered in a book our names, addresses, ages, occupations, and
reasons for being abroad, we were asked if we would give our parole
not to run away, or whether we would prefer to be locked up in
cells like criminals, with full permission to escape if we could. We,
naturally, chose the former alternative, and the commandant, whom
I afterwards ascertained to be the Graf von Dulmerhaus, called an

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orderly, who courteously led us down into the cathedral close, past
the post office, and so through the Schloss Strasse, to the ancient
castle, where we, and certain papers relating to us, were handed
over to the governor, who showed us a bed and a sitting-room,
fairly comfortably furnished, which we were to make ours during our
involuntary stay. We took all our meals .at the mess, with the
officers, who, I am bound to say, were most courteous to us, treat-
ing us more as guests than anything else. For a week we remained
like this, at liberty to walk anywhere we chose within the city boun-
daries (except into the artillery depot or magazine), but unable to
write home to England Jto let our friends know what had become
of us since the beginning of the war. During this period troops
were continually arriving in the town, and from what we heard said
by a brigadier to the commandant's aide-de-camp, we found that
there were over 30,000 infantry, and nearly 10,000 cavalry in
Munster, besides three regiments of artillery..

One afternoon, at the end of the week, just after dinner, we went
into a little balcony outside the dining-room to smoke our cigarettes,
and were surprised to hear two or three men enter the room and
commence talking in a very earnest manner. The voices of two
we soon recognised as those of the commandant and his principal
aide-de-camp, while the third was evidently a man of exalted rank
(I may as well remark here, that we heard afterwards that he was no
less than Field Marshal and Prime Minister the Prinz von Bismarck).
As they became more and more engrossed in their conference, their
voices became louder, and before very long we found that their con-
versation was to the effect that General Sir Garnet Wolseley had
landed at Bremen, no miles distant, with 52,000 men of the flower
of the English army, and Bismarck was in possession of sure
information that Sir Garnet had been informed of the fact that a
wing of the German army lay at Diepholz ; but that he (Sir Garnet)
was not aware of the large force which lay at Munster, and was of
opinion that, the troops at Diepholz being defeated, his way to Berlin
was clear of the enemy. Now, the question to be decided by Prince
Bismarck and his colleagues was, whether it would be well to
reinforce the Diepholz army with the troops at Munster, and so have
a chance of defeating the English at the outset ; or whether to allow
Sir Garnet to beat the wing at Diepholz, and then, as he triumphantly
proceeded to Berlin, to go across country, and by attacking him
unexpectedly in flank somewhere near Hanover, to completely rout
and crush him.

The fate of Europe was in the balance !

The decision ultimately arrived at was to adopt the second of the
two proposals, and we knew that unless Sir Garnet Wolseley (who
had probably advanced now about 30 miles from Bremen, and was,
consequently, So miles distant from us) could be informed within 24
hours that Munster was the head-quarters of Bismarck, and con-

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tained an army of nearly 50,000 men, he would be disastrously
defeated, the power of England crushed, and the balance of power
in Europe completely overthrown. What was to be done ? As
prisoners on parole we could not escape, and if we withdrew our
parole we should be immediately imprisoned, and so be as far from
effecting the desired object as ever. After some discussion we
arranged the following little plan : — I have said that we were not
allowed to enter the Artillery depot. Now we went out for a walk,
and marched into the forbidden grounds, when instantly a tall Uhlan
came up to us, and respectfully saluting, informed us that we were
not allowed inside, at which I pretended to get in a great rage, and
exclaimed, " What is the use, then, of granting us parole when we
can't go where we like ? We may as well be locked up as insulted at
every point, and turned out. We withdraw our parole, since it is
only a farce, and you can go to the commandant at once and tell
him that if he can't trust the word of an Englishman he had better
cancel our parole, and lock us up at once." The man did as he was
ordered, and came back saying that the commandant was sure we
should think better of our resolve, but meanwhile, he would send an
orderly to put us under arrest as soon as one returned to head-
quarters. This was what we wanted : we had withdrawn our parole,
and yet had a short space of liberty still. Hastening out of the
castle we ran down to the town gates, in a house close to which were
our bicycles', and pretending that we wanted to put them in a dryer
place near the castle, we got away with them, and hiding in the
copse close by waited for darkness, which in two hours' time was
upon us. As the bells of the Lambertikirche struck eleven we rose
stealthily, and wheeled our machines along until we got to the high
road.

Now had come a time when our beloved steeds might show them-
selves to be something more than mere playthings, and, indeed,
might save our country from a severe reverse, if not utter ruin, and
perhaps add yet another link to the long chain of England's glories.
I knew the road to Osnabruck to be excellent, and, quickly mounting,
we soon had on a good turn of speed. Through the long avenue,
where the people of Munster love to walk and hear the music of the
military band, out into the open country beyond, and across the
railway we raced, up hill and down dale, at every turn passing some
object I fancied I recognised. The night was quite dark, and the
only sounds to be heard were the whirr of our wheels and the croak-
ing of the frogs ; an exciting ride, and exhilarating too, after our
week of idleness at Munster. Two burning questions we asked
ourselves — Should we succeed in getting through the German lines
at Diepholz ? and, Were we pursued or not ? The 30 miles to
Osnabruck were covered in about two hours, and as we perforce
walked through the paved streets, fearing every moment to be chal-
lenged by a sentry, we heard the church clock strike one. We
walked the short steep hill out of Osnabruck, and paused for an

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instant at the top to observe the little railway station down belovy us
on the right. Long trains were waiting in the sidings, engines were
rushing backwards and forwards, and the transport and commissariat
departments of the Imperial army had evidently taxed the resources
of the Coin und Mindener Eisenbahn (railway) to the utmost. Down
the hill on the other side we flew, and groaned aloud as, half a mile
further on, we came upon a sandy, heavy road which I knew lasted
all the way to Bohmte, 13 miles. Work as we would, 6 or 7 miles
an hour was the utmost we could do ; and now (great Heavens !) we
heard in the distance the sound of horses at the gallop. The sandy
surface was, of course, specially suited to the horsemen, who over-
hauled us rapidly, although in the darkness they could not possibly
know whether they were just behind us or miles in our rear. We had
a rapid conference, the result of which was that, when the pursuers
were, as near as we could judge, only 200 or 300 yards behind, and
escape was hopeless, we suddenly dismounted, and laying our
machines in the ditch at the side ot the road, stretched ourselves on
the grass, prepared to give our foes a warm reception. F. had
a common pistol, I a government five-chambered revolver. We had
hardly settled ourselves at full length before the leading horseman
came up, and F., firing almost at hazard, guided only by the horse's
footsteps, brought him down dead. As the second approached
slowly, doubtful of the cause of the pistol shot which he had heard, I
fired, but not being able to quite make out where he was in the dark,
I missed, but firing again, hit him just as he was dismounting. As
he fell two more men rode up, and began firing in the direction
whence the report of my pistol came. I had now three chambers
loaded, and two foes to deal with. I fired where I heard the foot-
steps, and brought one of them down, though, from what he shouted
to his companion, we gathered he was only wounded in the thigh.
At the remaining man I fired twice, but missed both times. With-
out a weapon of any sort, I feared we were done for against a fully
armed foe. Creeping slowly and cautiously forward to where, the
second man had fallen, only about four yards in front of me, I pos-
sessed myself of his sword, though against an enemy whose position
I did not know it seemed of little use. 'However, I drew it, and threw
away the scabbard some distance, hoping that the man hearing it
fall would conclude that I was there, and fire in that direction. The
ruse succeeded, and, lunging forward with the sword about a foot
lower than where I had seen the flash, I ran the blade up to the hilt
in his body, and with a groan he fell back dead. With a feeling of
deep gratitude that during the last 10 minutes we had been favoured
with complete darkness, we groped our way to our machines, and
found, to our dismay, that one of the riderless horses had completely
smashed up F.'s front wheel. This was disastrous, as we had still
33 miles to go to be of any use to our countrymen. At that moment
a loud neigh reminded us of the author of the mischance, and catch-
ing hold of him, F. mounted, while I gained the saddle of my

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" Rudge." Just as we were getting into motion the cloud passed
from before the moon, and a terrible sight was revealed to us. Up
to that moment I had not fully realised the fact that we had just
killed four of our fellow creatures, but now the feeling swept across
me like an icy blast, and for an instant I reeled in the saddle, but
recovering myself, closed my eyes in a vain endeavour to shut out
the sickening sight I had just witnessed. Even now, sometimes, in
a waking dream, that scene comes before me like a hideous phantom,
and I see the pale moon looking pitifully down and throwing her
weird light on the upturned faces of the dead soldiers weltering in
their life blood. I can fancy that each one reproaches us with ren-
dering his beloved home desolate, with robbing a fond hard-working
woman of her husband, and perhaps rosj^cheeked children of their
dear father ; and although, on the other hand, I comfort myself with
the reflection that our act saved our country, still I pjnder, and
ponder, till my brain seems in a whirl trying to think if there was no
plan by which our aim could have been accomplished without the
shedding of blood. I see, too, the fifth soldier, who was only
wounded, bearing on his face a look of fierce hatred, and trying to
drag his bleeding body to reach a holster pillow which lay a few feet
off; and I am conscious that, had he been successful inhis attempt,
I should not be living now to tell this tale.

However, at the time, action was required rather than thought, and
after an anxious ride of 13 miles through Bohmte and Lehmforde,
we came in sight of the lights of Diepholz. One last great risk was
to be run — how to pass safely through the German army ? We
rode slowly, F. on horseback in front, and I just behind, and when
we arrived within a short distance of what evidently was the camp,
we dismounted until the moon should again be hidden and darkness
intervene to assist our plans. In what was probably about twenty
minutes, but which seemed to us an eternity, our wish was gratified,
and we mounted again, having arranged that I should ride close by
the eide of the horse, so that if possible an observer might not see
the bicycle. As we passed the sentry at the entrance to the
town, the summons rang out loud and clear, " In des Kaiser's
namen, wer geht da ? " " To the commandants," I replied,
" with despatches from Miinster." The guttural response,
" Ja wohl," shewed us that so far we were safe. Through
the town at full speed we rode, hearing now and then a
window thrown up, as curious and frightened citizens peered into
the darkness, to see if possible the clanking disturber of their quiet.
We were approaching the end of the town, and if the sentry's station
there was in darkness we might hope to pass all right, but if under
the lamps of the main street, he would see the bicycle and all would
be lost. We came to the last lamp, and no sentry. Thank Heaven ?
Fifty yards later the challenge again rang out, " In des Kaiser's
namen, wer geht da?" "Aide-de-camp Geissman, to reconnoitre."
The reply was unsatisfactory, and the loud order, " Halt !" dis-

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turbed the stillness of the night. We only pressed on faster still,
when bang ! ping ! and a rifle bullet flew through my front wheel,
breaking one of the spokes. I feared being thrown if I took no notice
of it, and therefore hastily dismounting wrenched it out and caught
up F. in another minute. There was no sound of pursuit, and on
such a good road we did not fear it much, as we had but another 10
miles to go, and F.'s splendid horse showed no sign of tiring. For
half an hour or so we pressed on in perfect silence, and then reach-
ing the top of a hill, gave a hearty cheer as the fires of a camp were
revealed immediately below us. The answer to the sentry's " Who
goes there?" was this time, "Englishmen, with news for the General."
In another five minutes we were conducted to the presence of Sir
Garnet Wolseley, who was awoke from his sleep to receive us, and
our intelligence having been communicated, I remember nothing
more until I woke the next day to find the autumn sun hot on my
face through the ventilating hole of the tent, and the camp preparing
for the march. Need I remind my readers that Sir Garnet fell back
on Bremen to await the arrival of Colonel Buller, with his 25,000
men, and then at the head of 77,000 of the finest soldiers the world
has ever known, marched on Diepholz and Munster successively,
and achieved grand victories at each place; and then investing Berlin,
received its capitulation ? The peace of Potsdam followed, and then
we accompanied the army back to England.

If proofs are wanting of England's appreciation of our efforts, I
point to the two bicycles, or on sable ground, which adorn the
escutcheon of the newly created Duke of Middlesex (formerly Sir
Garnet Wolseley) ; to the presence of the Prince of Wales at our
annual club dinner the other day, and to the honours which have
been bestowed on us by a Queen and country, too grateful for
services which it would have been only a pleasure to anyone bearing
the honoured name of " Englishman " to render.

DIMINUTIVE DRAMAS.

No. II.
THE CLUB RUN.
Scene I. — The Start.
The Exterior of the Superb Hotel, Dirthampton. Time, 2.45 p.m.
Enter foot-passengers R. and L. Exeunt L. and R.

Enter Energetic Honorary Secretary, with both his machine and
uniform got up regardless of expense. He places his bicycle against
a wall, and lights a pipe.

Hon. Sec : No one here, of course ! Why can't the fellows
turn up in time ? (To Street Arab.) Now then, you young rascal,
leave that alone, or you'll smash something ! What ! you wont ?
(Chases small boys down street.) I think the captain might set a
better example. I must talk seriously to him. We shall have the

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club going to the dogs if we don't mind. Punctuality you,

there, leave that bicycle alone! is the soul of 1 forget

what for the moment. But no matter ! I think I'll go inside and
have a drink. I must do something until the boys arrive.

Exit into hotel.

The Captain and three members ride in, and dismount.

Cap;: No one here, of course ! Just like the fellows ! Hallo t
there's a machine ! Whose is it ?

ist Mem. : The Secretary's, I think.

Cap. : Then I expect he's inside. What do you fellows say to a
drink ? It's no use waiting out here for the others, people stare at
us so ; and I've torn a large hole in my stocking while riding down.

2ND Mem. : Right you are !

Cap. : Come along then. (Exeunt into hotel.)

Enter various members of the club, on various makes of machine,,
and clad in various styles of dress. There is much dismounting,
hand-shaking, oiling, screwing up, and fumbling with spanners and
lamps. There is also conversation.

4.TI1 Mem. : Let's all go and have a refresher before we start.

All : Let's !

Exeunt into hotel, from which they presently emerge, together with
the Captain and Honorary Secretary. They wipe their mouths and
draw on their gloves.

Cap. (gesticulating violently on doorstep) : Now, then ! hurry up,
hurry up ! We are three-quarers of an hour late already, and shall
never reach Mellington if we don't start at once. Where is

Smythkins ? Why the d don't he blow the festive bugle for the

mount ? Confound it, Jackson, why have'nt you got the club uniform
on ? And you as well, Forrest ? It's enough to make a saint swear

to see you fellows. You have not got any proper pride you

ought to think more of the honour of the club, and try and look nice
and snappy. Now, then, off we go !

They make a start for Mellington. There is much confusion.
Dimpleton, one of the new members, runs into an omnibus before he
has got fairly in the saddle. Tableau.

Dimp. {softly) : D !

Conductor (loudly) : D !

Driver (still more loudly) : D !

The bicycle is rescued from beneath the feet of the horses, and
found to be comparatively uninjured. Several spokes have gone, and
with them street Arabs. The on-lookers help new member to remount.
He folloios the club, which by this time has got some distance off, and
spends the rest of the afternoon in hying to catch them up.

Exit omnibus and V.E., with conductor and driver still using
fifteen horse-power phraseology.

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Scene II. — The Run.

Part of the high road between Dirthampton and Mellington.
Public-house R., gate L. Enter the Captain and various members :
they are dusty, and perspiration is not wanting to them.

Cap. : I think we will dismount here, and wait for the others.

(They dismount.)

ist Mem. (pointing to public-house) : Shall we have a drink ?

All (in imitation of a popular, and perhaps stupid, play) : " Why,
sat'n'ly ! " (Exeunt into house.)

Village worthies enter, and examine bicycles.

ist V.W. : Rum things, Bill ?

2nd V.W. : Aye, my lad !

3RD V.W. : Queer, ain't they, Ted ?
" 4TH V.W. : Oi !

First village worthy upsets one of the matfiines, and frightens
himself in so doing. The members, lieaded by the Captain, rush out
and expostidate. There is much talking.

Cap. : It's no use waiting any longer for the others, boys. They
must have stopped somewhere else, so let's be off.

They all mount, and exeunt. Village worthies gaze after them in
wonderment.

Enter Honorary Secretary, and other members. They dismount.

Hon. Sec. : I don't feel at all fit to-day, somehow. I think I
want a drink.

All : So do we !

Hon. Sec. (imitating a well-known tragedian) : Behold the
humble public !

They enter, and in a moment a confused noise of much talking
arises, gradtially increasing in volume. From time to time a few
words, such as " beer," " milk," and " soda," can be heard distinctly
in the midst of the incoherent babel. About a quarter of an hour
aftervoards they come out in twos and threes, and stand in groups
smoking, or gazing contemplatively at their bicycles. Then some of
them have a game of leapfrog.

Hon. Sec. (suddenly) : Hadn't we better be moving ?

ist Mem. : No hurry ! Dimpleton has'nt got here yet. Some-
one must wait for him, I suppose ?

Hon. Sec. : Oh ! it don't matter, I'm sure. Besides, he may
have had an accident— he often does — and then we should wait here
for ever in vain.

2ND Mem. : And have to help him get his machine home if he did
come. I agree with the Secretary.

All : All right, then. (They mount, and exeunt.)

Enter Dimpleton, dejectedly, carrying a portion of Ids bicycle. He
is followed by various villagers, also carrying portions of same
bicycle.

Dimp. (tragically) : At last ! I see a public-house ! (To villagers.)
Place the mangled limbs of my erstwhile prancing steed upon yon

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bench. Thank you. Here is sixpence — 'tis all I have — divide it
amongst yourselves. (Villagers show signs of dissatisfaction.)
What ! do you grumble ? Ingrates, begone !

Exeunt villagers, grumbling audibly. Dimpleton, after gazing
with a watery eye at his unhappy bicycle, enters the public-house,
from which he soon emerges, armed toith a foaming tankard and a
churchwarden. He sits on bench.

Dimp. : I suppose I must make the best of a bad job ? Bicycles
are but mortal, and man is made to be bruised and bumped. I
wonder if the other fellows have reached Mellington yet ! I also
wonder if " our worthy Secretary " will allow me to count this as an
attendance ! I shall win the prize yet ! (After a long pause.) It
isn't so bad here, after all. Beauties of nature all around, a soothing

pipe, and -(the rest of his remarks are drowned in the flowing

bowl.)

Scene III.— The Arrival.

A Roomin the Dog and Nutcrackers Hotel, Mellington. The mem-
bers of the Club are having tea, presided over by the Captain. The
Secretary is manipulating the tea-pot.

ist Mem. : Pass those eggs, please.

2ND Mem. : May I trouble you for the jam ?

3RD Mem. : Don't mention it. Just hand over that loaf, old boy.

4-th Mem'. : More tea, please.

All : More tea.

Hon. Sec (Pouring it out as fast as ever he can) : What thirsty
fellows you are ! Ring the bell, Jack. Thanks. I guess I'm get-
ting rather hungry,' and, if you haven't eaten up everything, I'll
begin now. (Enter Servant.) Fill up the tea-pots, please. (Exit
Servant.) Really, Smythkins, this is the thirteenth time you've
passed your cup up. What a boiler you must have !

Enter Servant with pots of tea and mounds of bread-and-butter.

All (sending up their cups) : Tea, please.

ist Mem. : Would you kindly pass that jam ? I've asked for it
five times.

2nd Mem. : Send over the loaf, Fred.

Cap. : Now then, pass that plate of bread-and-butter to the Secre-
tary. We mustn't starve him.

Hon. Sec. [with his mouth full) : Thanks !

They continue eating and drinking for some time, Smythkins,
in particular, being indefatigable.

Smyth, (after his fifteenth cup) : I think I've had about enough.

Cap. : You've got a fair twist, old boy.

Smyth. : Not so bad on occasion.

Hon. Sec : I suppose we had better settle up now ; kindly ring
the bell. I, for one, am not going to hang about Mellington until
dark. {Enter Servant.) Would you let us have our bill, Mary ?

Mary : Here it is, sir.

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Hon. Sec. (looking over it) : Da niel ! I'll trouble each of

you for half-a-crown.

Cap. : What !

ist Mem. : I thought this was a B.T.C. house.

2ND Mem. : So it is.

3RD Mem. : No it isn't.

Hon. Sec. : Never mind, lads. Pay up. (He goes round with a
hat.) Now, some coppers for the waitress.

Smyth. : I haven't got any.

Hon. Sec. : Well, silver will do. You've eaten about half the
food, and drunk two-thirds of the tea, so don't imagine you are going
to be let off so easily, my son.

The Members straggle out one by one, and prepare for the rsturn
journey. A few stop behind to talk about the weather with the bar-
maid. A small crowd, composed of two girls and a man with a
wooden leg, collect in order to see the start. The Captain rushes
about as if his life depended upon the greatest possible activity. He
darts into the Hotel, and drags forth the men enslaved by Hebe.

Cap. : Now then, hurry along ! It will be dark before we get half
way home. Is everyone here ? Sound for the mount, Smythkins.
Confound the fellow, that isn't it — that's the dismount. Never mind
the bugle, or rather the bungle. Up with you all. Double file
through the town, please. Now, you small infants, get out of the
way, or your mothers will have difficulty in sorting you.

They ride away, some of them rushing about rather wildly, owing
to the evil effects of too much Bohea.

Scene IV. — The Return.

Part of the high-road between Melliugton and Dirthampton..
Public-house R., Gate L. It is getting dark.

Enter Captain, and first detachment of Members.

Cap. : Let's have a drink.

All : Let's ! (They dismount.)

Enter Dimpleton , from public-house.

Cap. : Hallo, Dimpleton ! Where have you been all afternoon ?

Dimp. (laconically) : Had a smash.

All : The deuce you have.

They all enter, Dimpleton giving details of his mishap as they go..

Enter Secretary, with second detachment.

Hon. Sec. : Let's have a drink.

All : Let's !
. In dismounting the Secretary runs by accident into gate, and, in
trying to save himself, collides with another member. They both fall
into a ditch. A third, being 7inable to get out of the way quickly,
follows them.

Hon. Sec. (from the depths) : Here, I say ! There are quite
enough of us in here already. Help me out, you fellows. It's a
trifle damp, and I've scratched my face.

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The others extract the unfortunate three, and then, finding no real
damage done, they all enter public-house. About half-an-hour after-
wards the club turn out en masse, lamps are lit, and preparations are
made for attacking the final bit of road which has to be ridden over
before Dirthampton is reached.

Cap. (after a fierce struggle with his " King of the Road") : Con-
found the thing ! It won't light. I'll chance the town to-night
without it. Are you all ready ? Good-bye, Dimpleton. I suppose
you will get a cart in the morning for the remains of your steed. Off
we go, boys ! (Exeunt, shouting the chorus of a comic song at the
top of their voices.)

Presently enter Smythkins. He tumbles from his machine, quite
done tip.

Smyth. : Oh, dear ! I wish I hadn't had so much tea ! I'll never
get home to-night. (He rises slowly.) A public-house, by Jove !
Hurrah ! I'll stop the night, and run into town before breakfast.
What, oh, there !

Enter, Dimpleton.

Smyth. : Hallo, old man !

Dimp. : Hallo, old fellow !

Smyth. : I thought you would have been home long ago.

Dimp. : Ditto.

Smyth. : Why ?

Dimp. : Had a smash. And you ?

Smyth. : Done up. Had too much of the cup that cheers — for a
short time— and then turns round and rends you.

Dimp. : I'm going to stay here all night.

Smyth. : Joy ! So am I.

Dimp. : Let us embrace !

They embrace, and enter the inn lovingly arm-in-arm. Sounds of
■revelry are heard from time to time, until the small hours of the
morning. The day breaks. Enter, an early bird, rather sleepy, but
bent on worms. " Bab Yardley."

A DRAMATIC SCENE.
" That you have wronged me doth appear in this /" — (Shakespeare's
"Julius Caesar.") So said the cyclist who had come a "howling
cropper," when addressing the road with which he had involuntarily
come into, contact, on viewing, by means of a pocket mirror, in the
reflection of his scarified " phiz.," the result of his unlooked for con-
junction with " Mother Earth." "Johnny D."

The "Humber" Bicycle (Manufacturers— Humber, Harriott & Cooper: Works
— Beeston, Notts).— This celebrated machine is undeniably the fastest, lightest and
strongest used on the racing path. The fastest one and two miles on record, also the
greatest distance in one hour (18| miles 210 yards), have been accomplished upon them. As a
roadster the " Humber" is undeniably miles faster in a day's journey, and more durable that
any other machine manufactured. The fact that the " Humber " bicycles are now almost
exclusively ridden by all bicyclists of distinction at the Universities and throughout the
United Kingdom, is sufficient evidence of their superiority over all others. Samples are ota
view at the London Depot, 18, Richmond Road, West Brompton. Price lists and testimonials
ree on application.— Advt.

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HOW THE WHEEL WORLD WAGS.

HOWILY ! decidedly Showily. The greatest event of the
wheelman's year has lent unprecedented eclat to the month
of February, and it is quite correct to designate the past
month a decidedly Showy month ; a month wherein the
annual exhibition of the Stanley Bicycle Club was held at the
Agricultural Hall, to which every living wheelman who could, by hook
or by crook, get the opportunity, made it an article of faith to go,
to see, and to be seen ; to inspect bicycles and tricycles galore ; to
collect huge quantities of the price-lists, which were thrust into his
hands at every turn ; to look knowing when pointing out peculiari-
ties in construction ; and to look profound when having peculiarities
in construction explained to him ; to affect to swallow every state-
ment made by pushing exhibitors, and to mentally resolve that there
was a huge quantity of Fudge, Bunkum, Blarney & Co.'s staple
article of trade being hawked about ; to endeavour to make up his
mind what bicycle or which tricycle was the best in the Show ; and
to go away more bewildered and uncertain than when he arrived ;
to meet fellow clubmen and other club fellows, with whom to form a
group obstructing the passages, and to roundly abuse other groups
of clubmen obstructing his own passage when on locomotion bent ;
to stand aside covertly watching the amateur champion talking to
the editors of some bicycling papers, or to stand very much on his
dignity whilst condescending to acknowledge the salutes of lesser
lights ; to go about staring at everything, and assuring every
energetic salesman that he did not want to buy a trike, a bike, a bell,
a lamp, a bugle, or a celluloid collar, a paper containing a special
report of the Show, or a paper containing a sixpenny oilcan ; and
to go away inwardly resolving to make a point of attending the
Stanley Exhibition next year. Truly, my friends, this is a wondrous
wheel world we live in, and not the least of its most wonderful
features is the annual exhibition of the Stanley Bicycle Club.

Yet, although everybody is loud in praise of the Show, a calm
retrospective, glance fails to call to light any really radically good
invention which has been introduced. What improvements have
taken place have been solely in detail, and in the direction of
levelling up, the most popular machines of last season bidding
fair to retain their position in the time to come, and the duffers of
byegone times being, in most cases, considerably improved ; thus
the stock question, which editors always refuse to answer — "Which is
the best bicycle " — becomes still more impossible of accurate solu-
tion ; whilst the general upheaval in quality is a favourable sign, since
every wheelman who loves his sport as he should do, would deplore
the continued existence of a host of trashy machines " made to
sell," the behaviour of which not unfrequently disgusts their owners
with the sport altogether. In tricycles, a great deal more scope was
afforded inventive Genius, but the result of Genius's invention leads

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to the conclusion that Genius has still a lot to learn, for the few
really new tricycles present at Islington exhibited a deplorable want
of completeness ; where the principal point of a machine's construc-
was good, either the carrying out of the details was faulty, or the
non-special parts of the machine were sacrificed. So that, despite the
latest patents, last year's front rank of tricycles holds premier sway
still, through perfection in detail overcoming the counter claims of
peculiar specialities. " Them's my sentiments," and I am prepared
to hear that the choler of many an inventive genius is risen indeed
against me ; but it is one of the glorious privileges of a jester to say
what he means without being called over the coals to account for his
opinions by the unpleasant medium of the Common Pleas Division of
the High Court of Justice. Aggrieved parties may therefore console
themselves with the reflection that it is only my fun, whilst the
great body of readers may sagely conclude that I am very much in
earnest.

Then, in the matter of accessories, but little improvement can be
noted, and scarcely anything really new was exhibited which would
make it worth a fellow's while to spend a few shillings. So much
the better for a fellow's pocket, doubtless, but sublunary considera-
tions of purely £ s. and d. kind must not be allowed to interfere with my
moral. Suppose, now, that I was suddenly, by some incomprehensible
freak of fortune, placed in the position of a young man without a
single bicycling or tricycling accessory. For the sake of argument,
let us imagine that my house and stable feli beneath the reportorial
" devouring element," and it therefore became necessary for me to
start entirely afresh. Several weeks would first be lost ere a machine
of either description — two or three wheeled — could be delivered, and
when it came to hand I should want to set about collecting all the
odds and ends which conduce to comfort when touring. Starting by
purchasing a tool bag — valise, or whatever you please to call it —
I should find it impossible to buy one ready-made which was strong
enough for my purpose ; amongst all the varied kinds of leather wal-
lets designed for cyclers' use not one is perfect ; the straps will come
off, however strongly they may be sewn. Moral number one: straps
should be copper-rivetted as well as sewn to the tool-bags. Next,
what to put in the bag ? Spanners, please Mr. Maker. What did
you say ? " Spanners are extra ?" Absurd ! Well, then, let us see
what spanners can be bought. Half-a-crown, three shillings, three-
and-six, and so on, are the prices, but devil a one can we find which
really will turn nuts accurately without getting out of order, slipping
off, and jambing one's fingers — real jamb ! Moral number two : in-
sist upon having a complete set of strong flat spanners to fit every
nut, no matter what they may cost. — (Or get the " Challenge" wrench.
— Ed.) Oilcans ; such simple things do not offer much scope for im-
provement, but where can I buy an oilcan which has a pin soldered
into the cap for the effective stoppage and clearance of the orifice ?
Such things can be bought, but nobody seems to know where. Lamps ;.

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a variety truly perplexing, and mostly of a construction which effectu-
ally counteracts the tendency to plunge us into sudden darkness
which used to be so prevalent. But a large part of these different
patterns are merely fads, and go to keep up the price of lamps,
which is much too high. Now that the principles governing cycle
lamp manufacture are clearly understood, it is reasonable to
suppose that a really good lamp could be made and sold for
five shillings. ( ? Ed.) Fellows don't want complicated lamps for
toys, but the plainest and cheapest effective light-givers that can be
made; and it seems absurd to pay the long prices we are now
compelled to do for our " lanthorns." Will not some benefactor
to his species, who understands the science of building a lamp,
come forward and produce quantities of sound cheap ones,
energetically push them in all quarters, and try to break down
the present ring of makers, middlemen, agents, and retailers,
whose large per-centages of profit force us to pay for lamps at the
rate of their weight in silver ? Then comes the luggage-bag diffi-
culty, and although I admit that the improved M.I. P. and Clytie
bags suit a great number of tourists, I am equally sure that they do
not suit a greater number of riders who want to carry small or large
•parcels with comfort. The prices of the bags named seem stiff at
first, but when we consider the strength of their material and manu-
facture, it is pretty evident that they are one of the accessories least
open to cavilling at, the absence of any patent restrictions making
it palpable that competition would soon bring down the price to a
suitable level. Still, as I said, there is an opening for a convenient
and inexpensive luggage-carrier, which will meet all a rider's
requirements, as well as being easy to pack, open and close, attach
and detach from the machine, and not be in the way under any
circumstances. Cementing rubber tyres deserves more attention
being devoted to it, and the moral which I deduce from the
abominable way in which many first-class makers stick the tyres
on, is that purchasers all round should try to pull the tyres off
their new machines as a test for security ; if they come loose, have
them thoroughly secured, and charge the expense off the makers bill.
A lot more might be said in a similar strain, but I think I have said
enough to wake up some dormant energy; and if the result should be
improvement in any one respect, I shall not have grumbled such a
long grumble in vain.

But space is short, though Stanley Show reports are long, so I
must put the clohtre into operation, as far as that topic is con-
cerned, and resume my more orthodox strain of chronicling faithfully
the waggings of the wheel world during the past month.

During the past month the weather has — (chorus of indignant
readers : " Oh, look here, Mr. Axis, we all know what the weather
has been, so do skip that and tell us, if you can, what next month
will be like") — has been, my friends, I was about to say when you
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be delighted to hear about, and which unborn generations of club-
men will be charmed to read of when they peruse the volumes of
the " Wheel World." Instead of the rainy, muddy, snowy, sloppy,
frosty days and nights for which the two first months are usually
noted, we have enjoyed fine, dry, bright, cheerful — (here, I say,
where is that dictionary of synonyms ?) — and generally delightful
cycling weather, in which to scorch about the country in gleeful
anticipation of still greater charms to follow, when March winds
and April showers shall have given place to May flowers, and when
the butterflies bring forth their nickel-plated jiggers, and discover to
their horror that nickelling does not prevent rust in damp situations,
and that social attending is not a good method of keeping in training
during the winter.

The approach of another racing season is heralded, in time-
honoured fashion, by the Alexandra Palace lessees announcing, as
they have announced with charming regularity any time during the
past four or five years, that the}' are really about to re-lay their
track ; and North Londoners are laying the flattering unction to
their souls that Messrs. Jones and Barber will really carry*.out that
promise. Nearly a year ago, I think, I offered to back my opinion
by long odds against the reconstruction taking place, and despite
the grandiloquent announcement of details which has been pro-
mulgated, I think it is still about a hundred to one chance against
the " gravel abomination at the A.P." being replaced in time for
this year's racing.

The racing bicyclists voted for the official timekeeper being ap-
pointed to allot the starts in open races this season, and the Union
confirmed that vote by formally investing Mr. Coleman with the
handicapping portfolio. The appointment being so popular, it is to
be hoped that our scorchers will not grumble very much at the
allotted weights in the first few handicaps, but give the new man
time to get his hand in before finding fault with his work. 'Pon
my word, I have half a mind to try my hand at sprinting, for the
sake of experiencing a scorcher's sensations when the weights ap-
pear, and it becomes plain to the meanest comprehension that I have
not the ghost of a chance of winning. N.B. — The " meanest com-
prehension" must be taken with this qualification, to wit, that the
handicapper's comprehension is understood to be meaner still.

Anti-tricycling bicyclists have been taken down a peg or two by
the publication of the total distance ridden on tricycles by a member
of the West Kensington T.C. Just when all the world wondered at
Mr. Reynolds's bicycle record of eight thousand and odd miles, out
came the startling announcement that Mr. Williams had traversed
upwards of twelve thousand miles during 1881, on tricycles*
Bravo Bills !

That last exclamation reminds me that the ex-captain of the Pick-
wick is now referred to as the Balham Mystery, a weekly paper having

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posted bills all over the town, containing the mystic line " Bravo,
Beningfield !" Investigation leads to the conclusion that the
'.' popular J. W.B." must have poisoned the dilatory sub-committee's
scheme, with the result that the Tricycle Association is now incor-
porated with the Bicycle Union, on such conditions as will place the
tricycle clubs hitherto forming the Association on a par with the
bicycle clubs hitherto forming the Union. It is also resolved that
the Union, having, as Mr. Scrutton put it, married the young
woman — the T.A. — shall retain its old name, the " young woman, '*
of course, taking the designation of her spouse. So " The Bicycle
Union, with which is incorporated the Tricycle Association," is an
accomplished fact, and one more burning question is definitely
settled, one more barrier removed between bikists and trikists, and
one subject less left for the painstaking editors of weekly papers to
quarrel over.

With the advent of fine weather come the last days of Pompeii1 —
I should say of the smoking-concert mania — and a retrospective
glance at the season's reunions can scarcely be said to reflect un-
bounded credit upon wheelmen as men and gentlemen. How many
hours the average clubman has spent in smoking whilst listening to
music-hall songs in vitiated atmospheres, during the wintry even-
ings, I do not pretend to know, but judging by my own small experi-
ence, having attended but three such gatherings since midsummer,
I should say that the officers of clubs take a huge amount of trou-
ble to make their friends miserable. In the direction of dramatics
the past season has been signalised by two or three decided suc-
cesses, and for young men with a taste for the sock and buskin, who
can afford to go to the expense of entertaining their friends by such
performances, declaiming behind the footlights strikes an indepen-
dent and unprejudiced party as a much more sensible way of
amusing themselves than either smoking at socials while other
fellows yell music-hall songs, or yelling music-hall songs while other
fellows choke you with smoke.

The ingenuous youth who claims synonymous patronymic and spon-
sorial appellations with "Jarge," and who further imagines himself
to be the amateur champion, and entitled to receive cash on account
of bicycles which he never sends, has met with the misfortune of en-
countering a magistrate who fanatically refuses to recognise his
claims, and has, with harsh and unbending severity, sent the enter-
prising youth for trial. The train of evidence which the authorities
of Scotland Yard have caused to be collected seems so clear against
the enterprising one that there appears no doubt that he will have an
opportunity of going into active training on the treadmill for a time,
upon relinquishing which salubrious occupation he will possibly be
more in a position to uphold his claims to athletic superiority than
he at present is.

Nine pounds fourteen shillings and sixpence is not a very large
sum for the clubs to subscribe, yet it repressnts the total amount

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stated to have been received up to date, in the form of subscriptions
from eight individuals or clubs towards furnishing a complete set of
ordnance maps for the use of everybody who wants to consult them
at any time, the Union offices in Ironmonger Lane being the scene
of their repository. Not all of us have any spare guineas to devote
to such an object, but surely there must be twenty clubs whose funds
will permit of the voting of such a sum to the map fund. Officers
are fond of keeping a thumping balance in hand, I know, so it de-
volves upon private members to move at general meetings, and to
endeavour by forensic eloquence to obtain a majority of votes in
favour of forwarding the spondulix to Grummer.

The Union's local centre scheme continueth to proceed apace, and
Bristol is the venue of the latest branch, thanks to the persuasive-
ness of the amateur champion's arguments, backed up by the popular
provincialist whose domicile is at Salisbury, who is always travelling
about the country, and who prints on his letters the portentous in-
formation that he is " of London."

From abroad comes the news of a Bicycle Union being formed for
Australia, where it seems to be needed, judging from the fact that
the captain of a Melbourne club is professional champion, having
won that title in a six-days' race.

Keen and Vesey have returned from America, the latter having
done more harm to the reputation of English amateurism there than
any number of Pagets could do ; and the American press continues
to steal from British wheel papers, the latest being several verses
bodily transferred, and several others slightly altered, from the Cyclist
Christmas Number into the Sunday Courier, signed by somebody
who is apparently a New York wheelman.

The fiat has gone forth that Hampton Court is to witness another
gathering of the clans, Saturday, May 20th, being the appointed day
upon which Metropolitan wheelmen will put themseives to great in-
convenience for the sake of showing the public that our sport is
widely patronised, a fact with which the public is already familiar.
Well, if some two thousand riders choose to waste an afternoon in
such a ridiculous fashion, they are as welcome to do so as the Salva-
tion Army is welcome to parade the streets, shouting dubiously-
worded hymns. But one of the processionists through Bushey Park
will certainly not be " Axis."

Holloway's Pills and Ointment offer to suffering mankind the most effectual
cure for Gout and Eheumatism. — An unhealthy state of the blood, attended with bad
digestion, lassitude, and great debility, conduces to these diseases, showing the want
of a proper circulation of the fluid, and the impurity of the blood greatly aggravates
these disorders. Holloway's Pills are of so purifying a nature that a few doses taken
in time are an effectual preventive against gout and rheumatism, but anyone that
has an attack of either should use Holloway's Ointment also, the powerful properties
of which, combined with the effects of the Pills, ensure rapid relief. The Ointment
should be thoroughly rubbed into the parts affected at least twice a day, after they
have been sufficiently fomented with warm flannels to open the pores, in order to
facilitate the absorption of the Ointment. — Advt.

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IAMONGSTtheCLUBS

Great Grimsby possesses a number of fishing boats, and the G.G.
B.C. possesses (according to a contemporary) a " Whaler," who
sings well at their " socials." The Carlton, the club's head-quarters,
is recommended.

We thought that the Commercial, at Harrogate, had had enough
of cyclists, but we see that the H.B.C. arranged to hold their ball
there, though the number of tickets sold rendered a move to the Prom-
enade Rooms necessary.

The Invincible captain this year is Mr. Thomas J. Coombes, and
the Invincible hon. sec. is Mr. G. M. Lewis. The Rev. W. C.
Howell is president.

What does it mean ? Instead of the " formal affair called a
dinner," the Kennington Rovers are to have a " private one,"
followed by a party, to which their " country cousins " will be invited !

This is "On the strict Q.C." The Queen's Cycling Club have
arranged with a" trading firm " to supply bi. or tricycles to members
on advantageous terms.

The Crichton have been having quite a change of officers this last
month. Mr. W. Slark, the dark young man, succeeds the veteran
Wood; and Mr. F. M. Stafford takes the place of hon. sec. once
held by " Obadiah," and the pen once wielded by Perry.

Mr. Vine, hon. sec. of the West Kensington Tricycle Club, is, we
hear, good at a " social," but surely he was wrongly reported as
singing " his patter song, Punchinello, ' at the Comet " social ?"

Mr. Luther Adams, of Eastbourne, captains his local club for the
sixth time this year. They've got a " vine" secretary too— Mr. H.
Vine, of 9, Terminus Road.

The hon. sec. of the Ferntower is showing in his club doings re-
ports of the effects of living too near the Salvation Army Barracks.
Stow it, Grover— in print, anyhow.

Do club secretaries write indistinctly, or what ? as we notice this
last month " our press " describing F. M. Stafford as " J. Meleborn ;"
W. H. Leslie as " M. Nickell ;" " Mr. Nairn" for C. W. Nairn ; "Mr.
Choin," whoever he may be ; and sundry other similar misprints in
club accounts.

There is nothing like competition, but it looks very much like
Diamond cut Diamond, to see the present and the past hon. sec. of
the club of that name both sending accounts of the same run to be
printed. They were printed, too !

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There has been quite a rush of clubs into the B.U. during the past
month, amongst which we may mention the iEolus, Saturn, Surrey
United, North Manchester, Weston-super-Mare, and Ferntower.

Mr. Pook, so long captain of the Kildare, is about to go to South
Africa, and had a farewell " chyike " given to him at Lord's Hotel, on
the 2 1 st ult.

A VISIT TO COVENTRY, THE HOME OF THE MODERN
VELOCIPEDE.

" I waited for the train at Coventry,
I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge,
To watch the three tall spires."

— Tennyson's Godiva.

N Coventry at last, the Mecca of all true believers in the wheel.
Arriving four days ago on the night train, we put up at
Knight's Inn, the head-quarters of the Bicycle Touring
Club, an international organization of many thousand,
members. The hospitable Widow Knight and her three lovely daugh-
ters are known to fame wherever the 'cycle has penetrated, and from
ten to a hundred riders can always be found among the guests.
Glancing over the visitors' register, I observe the names of riders
from nearly all parts of the civilized globe. Even the Bicycle Club of
Auckland, New Zealand, is represented ; as also the Missouri Bicycle
Club, of St. Louis, U.S.A. I retired the first night, with the life-like
effigy of Peeping Tom in full view in the moonlight. Poor Tom's effigy
leans out of the third-story window of the Inn opposite in a strikingly
realistic attitude. Ah, Tom, if the fair Lady Godiva was as beauteous
as represented by her statues and portraits shown here, your curiosity
was not to be wondered at.

Before breakfasting next morning, standing at the window with a
local rider, he called off to me the names and professions of the vari-
ous riders coming in from the suburbs as follows: "That elderly
gentleman is Mr. Singer. He is riding a 50in. ' Challenge.'" Next to
him, the cashier of the bank. Those two on tricycles, uniformed, are
letter-carriers. That machine turning the corner belongs to the police
department." And so it went, a steady stream of bicycles, tricycles,
and occasionally a double tricycle. Purchasing the morning paper from
an old man over sixty years of age on a tricycle, we adjourned to discuss
luscious chops, fresh-laid eggs and the latest breakfast-novelty, date
coffee. In the dining-room I observed several bicyclists in uniform
(shades of Kirkwood !), and on being introduced, found they were
from Birmingham, 19 miles distant, and had ridden over for breakfast.
They were booked ahead for dinner at Stratford-on-Avon, 22^1168 from
here, and were to sup at Birmingham, giving a day's run, at about
67 miles. At table also sat Medinger, of Paris, the coming man from
Prance, who has beaten De Civry's record lately. Between these two
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we eat, the children go to school, many on bicycles and several girls
on three-wheelers ; and now the huckster delivers vegetables for the
Inn from out a push-cart, the wheels being cast off bicycle driving
wheels. A wheel-barrow goes by, the wheel from the wreck of a
nickel-plated bicycle. In every direction perambulators and baby-
wagons are met, with spider-like wheels and rubber tyres superseding
all others. Groing to the theatre one evening, I observed an old apple-
woman selling her wares by the Light of a hub lamp. Verily, this is
the land of the 'cycle. The roads are almost as smooth as a billiard
table, and, per contra, the sidewalks paved with square and oblorg
granite-blocks set on end, giving the wheeler decidedly the call for
comfort over pedestrians.

On Saturday, I visited a number of the bicycle manufactories; in two
of which I found nearly 600 employes, a bout five per cent, ofwhom are
females. An average of thirty or forty tricycles per month are fur-
nished to the Government by the company who have the contract
here. They are principally for postal service. Ten miles has been
run on a country road inside of forty-three minutes on these three-
wheelers, and hence the police and fire departments of all towns and
cities have taken to them. One dealer here rents eight tricycles to
letter-carriers direct, whose routes the Oovernment standard of distance
does not cover in their allotment of machines. Thirteen steam bicycle
works are in full operation here, besides a large number of small
operators, also manulacturers of parts, and bicycle and tricycle fittings
and sundries. It is safe to say 2,500 persons find employment all
the year round at the business here, and give support to at least
5,000 more. The Queen has set the fashion by ordering two
tricycles, and the nobility and gentry are falling rapidly into line and
acquiring bicycles. An enterprising firm in this place has purchased
the rink here, and use it as an exhibition and trial place for their
wheelers. The building is a fine brick structure larger than your
Natatorium, with a dead level asphalt floor. A local curate to one of
the three tall spires was lately arrested for riding his bike on the side-
walk at a point where the road was in process of repair. He was
fined 25s. While my bicycle was being packed for shipment to
America yesterday I was invited to join two of " the three graces," as
my hostess' daughters are called, for a walk to Kenilworth Castle,
distant five and half miles, accompanied by a young gentleman of Co-
ventry. W all started for a most enjoyable walk. It proves the
average English girl thinks ten or twelve miles after dinner merely
constitutional, and these young ladies frequently go twenty to forty
miles a day on the tricycle. This eleven mile walk, including inspec-
tion of the historic ruins, was accomplished within three hours.
Passing one of the tall spires this Sunday morning I counted eight
tricycles and over thirty bicycles, on which a portion of the
worshippers had come to their devotions. More anon. Bi-bi. — -
St. Louis Post Despatch.

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I feel an unusual,:amount of felicity in stating that the wheels ^in
the West, consequent upon the extraordinarily mild weather, are
rapidly showing signs of renewed activity.

Down at Bristol, on the nth Feb., a crowded and enthusiastic
meeting of wheelmen was held for the purpose of forming a Local
B.U. Centre. Thanks to the eloquence of " Jarge" and " Abraham,"
and the indefatigable efforts of" West Countryman," the Centre was
formed, and striking a circle with a radius of considerable extent
enables the B.U. to add about 150 members to its roll. Representa-
tives of various clubs all round the neighbourhood put in an appear-
ance, and, to show that the proposal to start a Local Centre at
Bristol met with great approval, letters were read at the meeting
from all the principal clubs in Somerset, promising support to the
movement. Mr. Neale was elected hon. sec, and the meeting
closed with rounds of applause for " Jarge" and " Ab Initio."

The capt., hon. sec, and the members of the Wells B.C., after
attending the Local Centre meeting at Bristol, went on to the Stan-
ley Show, and were eventually honoured by the Am. Cham,
personally conducting them round the Show.

The Dorchester Rovers, which is the younger of the two Dorches-
ter clubs, had a capital meeting on Feb. 15, when officers for the
coming season were elected. This club, now numbering 23 mem-
bers, bids fair to become, from a numerical point of view, one of the
first in the county.

That ball of the Bridgwater B.C. completely justified my anticipa-
tions last month. Nearly 120 attended, and all were so delighted,
that another is to be held in about six weeks' time.

The Bournemouth B. & T.C. re-elected Mr. Oliver captain, and
Mr. Pottle fills the place of hon. sec ; and the club found it rather
necessary to change the hon. surgeon, which office is now held by
Dr. Douglas.

The Weston-super-Mare B.C., not content with the re-election of
officers as the work of their annual meeting, have resolved, right
away, to join the Union. And quite right, too, echoes

" Spanks, Junr."

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!£

THE ANCHORITES' TRAYNNERRAIS3E.

AN ANTIQUE LEGEND.
By "Faed."
EHOLD, now, it came to pass that the young men of the
City of Novobabylonia were possessed of strange and
diuerse customs, and of rites and ceremonies which vexed
the spirits of the populace to comprehend. And amongst
all these diuerse and wondrous habits, there was one of which the
chronicler is moved within him to speak, for the enlightenment of
future generations. Look, now, and harken unto the narration, for
the same is a true history, and savours not of the impious nor of the
untrue ; yea, verily, it is no fraud.

In those days it came to pass that a certain league — the same was.
a league of Anchorites — did covenant among themselves to meet
together one with another on the last day of each and every week-
yea, even on the day of Saturn — to make together a pilgrimage out
from the sinful city, even unto the pastoral villages which environ
the great Novobabylonia round about, taking with them strange and
dreadsome implements of torture and mortification, called, in the
tongue of those days, bykes and trykes ; and having reached those
villages after much self-torture and sore tribulation of spirit and
body, they did proceed dutifully and humbly to hold communion one
with another, refreshing the body with frugal fare, and taking ,
counsel together for the morrow — yea, even the Sabbath — that the
body might be chastened by the pains of the pilgrimage, and the
atmosphere purified by the odour of incense yclept bacca.

And lo ! it was winter ; and the stress of the elements kept the
Anchorites within the walls of the great city during the daytime,
and permitted not of their quitting the suburbs round about the
walls ; yea, even on that side sanctified as the East, north of the
bank of the river Thamesis, at eventide.

And the winter was drawing to a close, when this thing was done.
On the eve of a certain day — the same was the XVI. day in the sign
of Pisces — the Anchorites' league did meet together within the walls
of the City of Novobabylonia, with fell intent ; even at the nunnery,
where reside the three recluses of the female gender, over against
the pump famed as indicating the Gate of Aid, the propinquity of
that pump being a consideration, as will be seen from that which
follows hereafter.

And many other leagues did send their chosen ones to be present
at the Anchorites' gathering ; and from the North, the South, the
East, the West of Novobabylonia, and even from far distant
places, did come many scores of men, to witness the Anchorites'
rites and ceremonies ; yea, even by the handy hansome, the grumpy
growlere, the economical omnibusse, and the evil-smelling cars on
the iron roads ; from all parts came they, and gathered together
with much acclaim, burning incense and chastening their body by
imbibing noxious liquids.

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an exalted eminence, and did chant sundry and diuerse incantations
the which gave much comfort to the souls of the populace, inasmuch
as they did clap their hands and shout in acclaim.

And upon the exalted place at the upper end of the forum, at the
three recluses' abode, wherein this mighty concourse were gathered
together, were ranged implements of torture fashioned after the
manner of the bykes which the Anchorites did use wherewithal to
mortify themselves ; and the number of these implements of torture
was V. ; yea, five was the count of the strangely-fashioned racks.

And when the Arch -Anchorite — the same was entituled the Oak —
gave a certain signal, there issued forth from an inner chamber five
youths, denuded of their garments near unto nudity, who did
straightway place their bodies upon the implements of torture, and
were subjected to dire tribulation thereupon, for the fulfilment of the
command of the Arch-Anchorites, which had said that he who was
found to endure the torture with the most exceeding fortitude should
be declared the most virtuous and righteous of all the leagues ; yea,
should even be looked up to and pointed out from generation to
generation as he who, in the tongue of the period, won the
Traynnerraisse, for the perpetuation of which deed he should be
crowned with sundry costly implements of gold and silver.

And for the just and proper determination of the trial, it was
ordained that he who bore the torture inflicted better than the others
should havethatfact made known|by the striking of a hammer upona bell.

One score and five was the number of youths who underwent
this ordeal ; and lo ! it came to pass that he who was trumpeted
forth as victor was one " Faedius Axisius," otherwise Mem. of the
Randum, and also called by others "An Aged Rasp" — forasmuch
as he was no such thing — the same sware allegiance to the
Anchorites' league, and upon his being declared the elect of all there
present, there was much rejoicing and acclaim, notwithstanding that
one Mobber of the bowled broken League did make a doose of a row
over it.

And the great concourse of people did go their several ways, and
thank their Fate for the thing which they had seen.

And he who had proven his claim to the highest place among the
Anchorites did clothe himself in his garments, yea, even unto the
hat called stovepype, and the coat denominated ulster, saying unto
himself, "Verily, I will rop up well, lest peradventure the temperature
of the outer air should chasten my nasal organ, yea, should give me
a worse gold id by doeze thad I have had vor the lazt dthree or vour
dayz." Whereupon he departed to his own home, carrying with
him the insignia of his victory.

And the hour it was twelve of the clock when the watchman did
behold the last of the Anchorites pace by the pump of the Gate of
Aid, who said unto that watchman — the same was also called
Peelere — " Verily, I say unto you, there is no need to ducke any of
our League underneath the pump this night, for none of them were
overcome by witnessing the tortures inflicted upon their brethren."

Verily, then, 1 guess that's about all. " Faed."

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NOTES OF A CRUISE ON WHEELS IN NORMANDY

By C. E. Oliver, Derby B.C. and B.T.C.
Having explored by means of that most convenient mode of locomo-
tion— the bicycle — many thousands of miles in English counties, I,
with a brother craftsman, longing, as did Alexander, for new worlds
to conquer, set forth on September 5th last from Derby, like knights-
errant of old, to seek adventure in a foreign land. After a little
deliberation we decided, to use the words oiBardolph, "to hasten to
France together." Packing all the requirements for a fortnight's
absence in bags, attached to the saddle and front of the machines, we
mounted in Irongate at six o'clock in a [drizzling rain, which, how-
ever, seemed confined to Derbyshire, for all was clear as we crossed
the silver Trent. Passing through Loughborough, we neared the
comfortable-looking village of Quorn, and were reminded of our pre-
sence in the " hunting shire'" when, rounding an abrupt turn in the
road, we came upon a splendid pack of hounds, their " sterns"
waving in the air, and accompanied by the huntsman and his
"whips." We reached Leicester at ten minutes to nine, and made
a stay of three hours. Our next spin was to Market Harbro', where
we again halted for refreshment, and on to Northampton (60 miles).
Having ridden this, the high road for London, on several previous
occasions, we did not pause much for sight seeing ; moreover the
many towns and villages on this route (although presenting much
that is attractive and picturesque in the way of curious buildings and
pretty scenery) exhibit little of special note, and produce pleasant,
rather than vivid, impressions. After a brief halt at Northampton,
we turned in the direction of Newport Pagnell, lingering awhile to
renew our acquaintance with Queen Eleanor's Cross, which stands
on the left of the road a mile out of Northampton, and is one of those
elaborate memorial crosses erected wherever the remains of the
Queen rested on the way to the burying-place. Another twelve miles,
and we dismount at a small solitary way-side inn for a substantial
and well-earned tea, and thus refreshed we soon arrive at Newport
Pagnell ; in the main street, near the pavement edge, is an odd-
looking well, the water of which is obtained by means of a large

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wheel hidden from view by a wooden covering, reminding us of a
huge patent knife cleaner. Newport Pagnell is a very pleasant little
town, with several breweries. We rode through without stopping,
and as dusk came on we found ourselves gliding through a dense
pine wood near Woburn Sands, a very solitary spot. Another two
miles brought us to Woburn at 7.30, where we put up for the night.
Distance, 84 miles.

East Grinstead, Sept. 6. — After discussing an early breakfast,
we started from Woburn at 8.30, and were soon skirting the park
boundary of Woburn Abbey, the seat of the Duke of Bedford. We
obtained a hurried glimpse of its broad white front, which showed up
well against the background of trees. The pheasants and hares
hurried off the road at our approach, and once or twice we were
startled by the loud whirr of partridges. As it had bsen raining
heavily in the night, we did not make much headway until fairly on
the breezy Dunstable Downs, where the roads were drier. Nearing
Dunstable (9 miles), the road cuts through the solid chalk of the
" historic Chilterns." Another 13 miles, and we came in view of St.
Albans, and the glistening lead of the abbey roof, about which there
has been so much controversy. Here we met two wheelmen in a
" Sociable" tricycle, travelling at high pressure. Entering the city by
the Verulam Road — -which name reminds us of the Roman origin of
the place— we obtained lunch, and then made for the Abbey Gates (a
wedding being on the tapis, we were exempt from the usual charge
of sixpence), and found that the inevitable restoration was going on
in several parts of the sacred edifice, and the floor of the hand-
some Lady Chapel a mass of debris. Several interesting " finds "
have been made of late, and portions of the lime-wash placed on the
walls during the Reformation have been removed, with the result of
disclosing certain pieces oi ancient mural painting, the most interest-
ing of which is a full-length portrait of a bishop, in red and gold,
with mitre and crozier. St. Albans is 25 miles from London, and,
as the wind was very adverse, and my compagnou de voyage wished
" to get home to tea" at Wandsworth, we took the train to Clapham
Junction. Later in the day we got once more under weigh, with the
many good wishes of family and friends, and spinning across Wands-
worth Common, gained the main road to Croydon, where the roadway
always appears to be in the possession of a tram car or the two-
and-two procession of a " Ladies' Academy." Happily escaping the
two-fold danger, we pursue the noiseless tenour of our way, and by
easy and pleasant stages pass into the county of Sussex, through
orchards and nestling hamlets, by park fences and villas pictur-
esquely situated amidst the woods. Falling in with another knight
of the wheel, we pulled up at the door of an inn close to the town of
East Grinstead, where, across the table, we recounted our various
adventures and incidents of travel, and astonished our hostess by
our hearty attack on the viands she so liberally provided. The wea-
ther turning out wet, we spent the rest of the evening indoors, with
pipes and a piano. Distance ridden, 52 miles.

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Dieppe, Sept. 7. — Rising at seven ; after attending to the inner
man, we left the pretty town of East Gnnstead far behind, passed
the village of Uckfield and other hamlets, where the cottages are
shaded by fruit trees, or peep like toy-houses out of bouquets of
dahlias and fuchsias ; then a long stretch of breezy heather-covered
downs gives place to a forest of tall hop-poles, festooned with the
climbing " bine," and the brown bunches of blossom hanging in
clusters. Leaving the hop gardens behind us, our way lay over the
undulating expanse of the Sussex Downs, and we often paused and
slowed up speed to admire some bit of landscape of more than
ordinary beauty. Arrived at Lewes, we halted for dinner and took a
stroll round this delightfully situated town. Lewes is eight miles
from Newhaven, and we accomplished the distance in three-quarters
of an hour, arriving on the pier at half-past one, just in time to place
our machines on board the " Victoria," see them lashed "'tween
decks," and change our money. As our boat cleared the harbour, we
found we were destined to have a calm passage without the accom-
paniments of nial de mer. Nearing the French coast, we witnessed
a beautiful sunset, and at a quarter to seven the boat glided between
the two enormous calvarys at the heads of the piers which form the
harbour of Dieppe; the engines gradually "slowed," a rope was
thrown out and made fast, a long wooden staircase was lowered from
pier to deck, and in a few minutes we were standing on French
ground amidst picturesque costumes, strange uniforms, and foreign
faces. Leaving our machines at the Douane, we were allowed to
take away our baggage without an}' examination. It is true, we had
not an imposing array — a bicyclist's outfit being more select than
numerous. Dieppe is a large town with narrow streets and lofty
houses, having little iron balconies to many of the windows, and
there are numerous fine shops, which, being kept open until late in
conjunction with the cafes, make quite a blaze of light. There is
also a broad quay and a forest of masts. We went into the cathedral
and heard some Gregorian chants, which seemed to us rather operatic
sort of music. Towards the west of the town, and facing the coast,
are some very large hotels and residences, with a wide esplanade and
casino, where a large amount of time and money are spent in
gambling. Some intending visitors to Paris and elsewhere never
get farther than this casino. Distance ridden to-day, 30 miles.

Rouen, Sept. 8. — Before we were allowed to remove our machines
from the Custom House at Dieppe, we had to deposit 10 per cent,
duty on them, which was afterwards refunded, as they were not for
sale. We then mounted for the first ride on French soil. Our road
lay up a steep hill out of the town, at the top of which we could see
all Dieppe, with the dome of the cathedral, the shipping, and the sea
beyond. Taking a turn to the right, we were soon wheeling along a
road with a splendid surface, lined with a row of straight trees on
either side, and these soon gave way to apple and pear trees laden
with fruit. Passing through huge woods, and pleasant villages em*

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bowered in orchards, we arrived at Totes (18 miles), an unattractive
place, but as we were new to the country, and the country new to
us, we saw much to engage our attention. The blue costumes of
the country people, who all carried umbrellas as a defence either
against the sun or showers ; the houses and buildings, which in all
villages and small towns are covered over with a rough sort of white
plaster, and, with the windows deeply embrasured, have a bare, barn-
like look ; the women constantly employed in tending the ^razino-
cattle, which they lead about the fields with long ropes. Nearly eveiy
horse we met was white, and they all wear a large piece of blue-dyed
sheepskin round the collars, hung with a number of jingling bells.
In France the rule of the road is reversed, and we had to pass on
"the wrong side" of everything. We continued our way at a merry
pace towards Rouen, the large sloping hills being covered with forest
trees. Near Maromme the road makes a precipitous descent (ne-
cessitating a use of the brake) through a large forest, and under a
gigantic viaduct stretching across the valley below. Two miles from
Rouen we came to the terminus of the steam trams, which are built
level with the ground, so as to render the wheels invisible. The
small noiseless engine does not consume its own smoke, and
announces its approach by a kind of horn blown at intervals. The
exterior of the whole, engine and car included, had a very dingy look
indeed. The road to Rouen is rough and dangerous, and we were
frequently reminded of the saying in Hudibras —

" Ay me ! what perils do environ
The man who meddles with cold iron."
However, we landed all safe on the lengthy quay, and made for the
Hotel du Commerce, whence we started with a change of garments
for one of the swimming schools on the Seine. Quickly undressing '
we made an eager rush for the edge of the platform, but were sud-
denly seized by two men in blouses (alarmingly like butchers), one
of whom produced two ropes and proceeded to fasten them to our
arms above the elbow. We were beginning to give ourselves up for
lost, expecting to be bound and sacrificed to some Republican deity
— the goddess of Reason, perhaps — when, venturing to make gestures
of remonstrance, we were politely told that it was usual for bathers
to be secured to a rope before entering the water. The picture of a
frog was then held before our eyes, and its motions explained as an
example we should do well to imitate. These cautious preliminaries
over we were trusted in the stream, and enjoyed a refreshing swim
not much impeded by the ropes. After this, we rambled throu°h the
streets towards the magnificent old cathedral, with its immense
wheel windows and artistic stone tracery. We ascended to the
main doorway by a flight of time-worn steps. In the side chapels,
beneath the old and beautiful blue-and-red stained windows, women
in white caps were kneeling in mute contemplation before their
favourite saints ; some had purchased candles from the stall at the
entrance, and burned them at the altars. Viewed in the dim li°"ht

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of the last quiet hour of the evening the scene was most strange
and impressive. Leaving the venerable structure by an opposite
door, we found ourselves in an enclosed space with an antique
archway at the further end tenanted by a hungry-looking guide, and
as we required his aid as much as he required our money, we paid
two francs to be piloted up the skeleton spire, which is built in the
centre of the nave. Mounting the roof by a series of tortuous
wooden steps, we came face to face with numerous life-size bishops,
and saints, and grinning gargoyles ; 950 steps have to be tramped
before reaching the summit of the spire, which is needle-shaped and
constructed entirely of angle-iron in long lengths, placed perpen-
dicularly and braced together by cross pieces. Having a binocular
glass we paused several times to inspect distant objects, especially
the superb church tower of St. Ouen, which exhibits a perfect net-
work of light coloured stone, and is covered all over with elaborate
carvings and tracery. Halfway up the spire the guide, after several
times ejaculating the words " Trcsmagnifique /" waited for our return.
At the top the steps terminate in a small balcony — the object of our
ambition ; here a magnificent view burst upon the eye, the whole of
Rouen lay around and beneath us ; we could see the silver streak
of the Seine with its many islands, some green and others covered
with factories and mills. Amidst the mass of houses which formed
the groundwork of the panorama in all directions a few broad streets
were strikingly contrasted with the innumerable crooked, narrow
ways ; and far away was a broad plain of roofs and chimney stacks
of all colours, shapes, and sizes, relieved here and there by a church
steeple or green oasis of trees, whilst the white highroads ran
straight out into the country, and were lost to view in the distance.
Taking a last look, we descended the draughty pinnacle, and, gain-
ing our hotel in time for the table d'hote, were soon immersed in the
glorious uncertainty of French dishes, sometimes being unable to
discriminate with any degree of nicety between flesh, fish, or fowl.
Dinner being over, rain began to fall heavily and continued all night,
so that we were obliged to keep in doors. (Distance, 36 miles.)

Vernon, Sept. 9. — Before leaving Rouen we visited the fruit
market — one of the prettiest sights of the city. The pavements of
one of the broadest streets were covered with a profusion of pears
and apples, with pyramids of plums and peaches, and enormous
golden gourds and melons, piled up like cannon shot, the variety of
hues and contrasts of colour forming a picturesque and charming
scene. Amidst all this plenty, the country women, with their brown
faces under snow-white caps, were doing a brisk business. Although
it had rained unceasingly all night, we found the roads nearly dry ;
in England such a night would have rendered them almost impas-
sable to our machines, but the roads in Normandy are composed of
flint and sand, and being well arched, and built above the grass at
the sides, the water drains off very quickly. Every few miles are
under the supervision of a cantonnier, who is responsible for the

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good condition of his portion of the road ; and, under these condi-
tions, we were able to travel at a good pace towards Paris. A few
miles from Rouen the road suddenly branches to the left, leaving
the valley, and after a short climb, we ran down a precipitous
descent. Near Pont de l'Arch the fields were spotted with large
yellow and stripped melons, and we helped ourselves to apples and
pears as we rode along from the trees which overhung the path. A
fine bridge over the Seine leads into the town, which is prettily
situated on the banks, at the base of a hill. Riding up this, our
wheels silently revolved through the solemn quiet of an extensive
forest of magnificent trees. A few miles from Louviers the deceit-
ful sunlight disappeared, and rain came down straight and steady,
driving us into the Hotel du Mouton, where we obtained a capital
dejeuner. We then went to the cathedral, which has no tower ; but
the extensive front is one mass of magnificent sculptured work,
comprising statuettes, birds, trees, and animals. The interior
contains the usual side chapels, dedicated to various saints and
■decorated with pictures, and containing confessionals looking like the
pay-box at a theatre. The stained windows were remarkably fine,
and some of the glass evidently very old. The weather clearing
up, we strolled round the town, which has an agreeable air of
•mediaeval antiquity, with delightfully irregular streets. We stayed
here for several hours, and having exhausted all the sights, mounted
•our sturdy steeds amidst a crowd of curious 'people. Just outside
the town, on the wayside, we saw a woman with great satisfaction
gathering for her evening meal large black snails, which appeared
to be plentiful after the rain. A quick ride often miles brought us to
Gaillon, and pushing on we reached Vernon (40 miles) at six o'clock.
Turning a street corner we were astonished to see the town crier
hammering away on a kettle-drum, as a gentle preliminary to his
speech, from which we gathered the welcome intelligence that a great
fete was being held in the town ; and sure enough, after we had
reached the Hotel du Lion d'Or, stabled our machines, and partaken
of the table d'hote (whither fresh air and exercise drove us in eager
haste), we found any number of gaily-decorated stalls placed under
long and apparently interminable avenues of remarkably fine trees,
which greatly aided the picturesqueness of the scene. The usual
.accompaniments of a fair abounded — whirligig wooden -horses, laden
with laughing faces, were spinning round in all directions, whilst
guns were firing and drums beating, and cymbals clanging from
all sorts of shows. The number of lotteries and games of chance
was surprising. One man had, as a novelty in the way of wheels of
fortune, an old "boneshaker" bicycle, hung up at the back of his
stall ; the tyre was notched, and a small fixed pointer, which also
acted as a brake, indicated the winning number ! One portion of the
fair was appropriated to more sedate delights, and resembled a huge
bazaar, where anything could be purchased, from Daudet's last novel
to aterra-cotta figure and brie a-brac of all kinds. (38 miles).
(To be continued.)

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JOTTINGS FROM THE EMERALD ISLE.

About three months ago I made an allusion to the effect that a
certain club in Dublin had a split ; I am now in a position to verify
that statement. In July last the Phcenix B.C. held a race-meeting.
Two disputes arose subsequently — one about the winning of a prize,
and the other about the distribution. Mr. R. Berry claimed the first
prize in the three miles race, on the grounds that the gentleman who
was at the winning-post before him was not attired in bicycling cos-
tume, and also that his name was not on the programme. Now, as
the races were supposed to be run under the B.U. rules, Mr. Berry's
objection is perfectly legal and just. As regards the other cause of
dispute, it is a fact well known in Dublin that the gentleman who is
accused of making such a mistake as that of giving the second prize
for the ten miles race to the second in the three miles, has always
ruled supreme in the P. B.C.

The Metropolitan Bicycle Club is the name given to a new club
formed by a number of gentlemen, late members of the Phcenix B.C.
The captain is Mr. John Berry, and the hon. sec. and treasurer Mr.
George Carolan, junr.

On Wednesday, the 8th ult., a general meeting of the Phcenix
B.C. was held for the purpose of electing officers and committee for
the ensuing season. The following is the result : — Captain, H.
Merry (re-elected) ; sub-captain, J. Keating ; treasurer, J. Switzer
(re-elected) ; hon. sec, F. A. Murchinson ; committee, Messrs. E.
O'Bailey, H. O' M. Barnes, J. O'Rielly, J. Price, and G. Richardson.
The first run of the season will take place on the 7th April' (Good
Friday).

In the Irish Times I see, under the heading of the Dublin Uni-
versity Bicycle Club, meets for February, the following: — nth
(Saturday), at one o'clock, for Dundrum." Surely there must be a
mistake somewhere ; the D.U.B.C. cannot intend a distance of a
little over three miles far enough for a run. Hiimanum est errare.

" Athcliath."

THE /ESTHETIC CYCLIST

An Effusion in 4 Squibs.
Gusher No. i . — I n t ensitv.

OH incandescent ecstasy !
Illimitable bliss !
Sensific sport that thrills in me
Passion's deepmost abyss !

A poet's bright imagerie !

A devotee's first love !
A dream of evolation free !

All thou I — yet all above !

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Oh essence of aesthetic throes !

Oh frenzy too full fraught !
As fulgent as elation glows

When in zeal's zenith caught.
Transporting steed ! fly, fly with me,

Thy phantom form I stride,
Acme of ideality !

Steel being vivified !
Life on the ever-thrilling wheel

Glides in a heart-strung trance,
With sungilt smile the plated steel

Reflects the love-lit glance.
The spirit-toy to which I cling

Transpierces nether space,
And on an orbed aeolic wing

An airy path I trace.
Wafted along by heaven "s breath, —

On fairy pinions borne, —
The sighs with which my heart yearneth

Are not of joys forlorn.
The quickened pulse where fervour reigns

Exhilaration keen,
Electrifies my flushing veins, —

Foretaste of heights serene.
Enthralling sport ! Enchanter mine !

Ineffably sense-sweet ! —
Cycling, as well as nymph divine,

Enamours the aesthete,

Gusher No. 2. — Love.
Oh, sturdy cyclist, whither pray

Art thou thy steel steed pressing ?
Some magnet may but with thee play, —

The wind a leaf caressing.
Perchance by wings of love impelled,

Impatient for its greeting,
Thy heart alas in bondage held,

And sighing for thy sweeting.
Rapture, all other bliss above !

Earth's tinsel toys excelling,
For what is life unless we love

And feel its power indwelling ?
A dance without sweet music's spell

Inspiriting and thrilling, —
A dance that's rhythmless as well.

And passionless and chilling.

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A summer's day without the sun
Nature's glad charms enhancing,

A rayless and an aimless run, —
The right path aye mischancing.

A dream without the glamour bright

Of fancy's fairy weaving, —
Illusive hopes without the light

That gilds such hopes deceiving.
Poor cyclist ply thy unblest wheel,

Toil all unsatisfying,
Unless the sacred flame you feel

Lit by love's fire undying.

To ardent swains the tremor sweet, —
The vestal charm of wooing,

That lends its impulse firm and fleet,
Cycling delights pursuing.

Oh wheelmen pray, accept its sway, —

With loyal faith confiding,
Cycling, unless love's smiles repay,

Is mere " Boneshaker" riding.

Gusher No. 3. — Beauty.
Metallic spirit volatile,

Unutterably too !
Graceful and elegant in style,

And deftly fashioned through.
The exquisite, the infinite

Of beauty and of art,
Intensified, too utter quite, —

Too soulful to impart !

Bright rival of electric force,

Thy gossamer-like frame
Withstands the strain the noblest horse

Ne'er yet a victor came.

Scion of an undaunted line, —

Perfection now indeed !
Bright as a maiden's smile is thine,

My burnished silver steed !

Model of matchless symmetry,

Imbued with racing fire, —
As buoyant as the ether free

That immortelles respire.

" A thing of beauty and a joy

For ever" to my heart,
A precious and a peerless toy, —

A iriend,— never to part.

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Let us disport where passion's gaze

Scales ethereal heights,
And utter ultra beauty sways

Its museful mystic rites.
In full robed majesty the sun

Celestifies the scene,
And oh, — too, too consummate one —

We bathe in golden sheen !
And sylvan deities attend

The pure aesthetic mind,
With soul-tense aspirations blend -

The spirit sighing wind.
Gusher No. 4. — Mixed Sentiment.
Oh sport most idyllic ! pastime all joyous !

Darlingest pleasure, and pet Amorette,
Into the arms of Hygeia decoy us, —

Bear us where Eden's repose lingers yet.
Winsome one, win us away from the city, —

Fly with us, fly from its brail far remote,
Changing its din for the daintiest ditty

Flush from the blythe greenwood reveller's throat.
Out in the runshine,— cycling beatitude !

Tasting the bliss of Elysian fields, —
Dream of delight, past limit or latitude,

Joys which alone the aesthetic mind yields.
Searching the hedgerows, and pleasantly prying

Into the haunts of diminutive things,
Sweet with the incense of flowerets outvying

Purpled exotics, and tropical kings.
Violets ever in homage returning

True admiration with perfume sublime,
Tiniest songsters with rhapsody burning, —

So placidly passes profluent time.
What sentient cyclist from wheels led astray

To sylvan courts doth a trespasser steal,
Crossing the circlet where enchanted feet play,

But longs for a glimpse of fairy-life real ?
Drink the pure air which skylark's glad trilling

Pearls with its ecstasy, — heavenly draught,
The depths of his heart its gladness instilling,

Haply he loves the bright nectar he'll quaff.
The resinous balm of pine scented breezes, —

The rustle of leaves and the rippling stream,
Lend each a charm to the scene that most pleases,

The cycle in silence glides like a dream.

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Sails on like an elf disports on a moonbeam,
A butterfly flitting from flower to flower, —

With fancy intent on poesy's noondream,
Oh cyclist aesthetic, how blissful thine hour !

"August," B.T.C.

A FEW GOOD THINGS AND WONDERS WHICH WE SAW
AT THE STANLEY SHOW.

FTER careering madly round the hall at Islington during
the late Show, we could but come to the conclusion that
there many novelties there, and " things that were fearfully
and wonderfully made ;" whilst a scion of the house of
Starley, after the same operation, remarked that " There was nothing
there that the ' old man' (the late Mr. James Starley thus affection-
ately spoken of) had not done years ago." True, the point of abso-
lute perfection had not been attained by any one of the numerous
inventors there exhibiting, but we saw several machines, as well as
accessories, which we considered moves in the right direction in one
point or another. A few words on these, then, as well as on some
which called for remark by their very weirdness and fantastic out-
line. " Fox's portable tricycle lock-up," constructed of corrugated
and galvanised iron held together by a light wooden frame, and with
a raised wooden floor and sloping roof, showed us that the Stanley
secretary — Mr. Arthur Fox — has his eye to the useful; and the
Eagle Iron Works should command a ready sale to those who,
having gardens or yards, have no house room for a " Sociable," or for
even one of the Centaur Co.'s " Four-in-hands" which next fell
beneath our notice as something worthy of meritorious
mention. A very compact and business-like affair it is, too,
and four riders ought to enjoy themselves well on one. Lamp-
lugh & Brown, as usual, were full of novelties, but the
most useful to our fancy were their new " Long-distance Saddle"
and "Baby Wallet," and "Bale's patent collapsible Luggage Basket."
The first is of solid leather stretched over the frame of a tricycle
saddle, and being without stuffing it forms a happy medium between
the bi. and the tri. saddle, whilst full ventilation is obtained from be-
neath. The " baby" wallet has four sets of pockets, and folds up
into a neat and compact packet, with straps for attachment to the
saddle hooks, whilst Bale's basket adapts itself to any size for the
convenience of tricyclists.

Real improvements in lamps we spotted at Mr. Dearlove's stall,
as we noted, the " King-of- the- Road" can now be adjusted to the
size and wear of the hub, and the wick turned up from the outside.

The wonderful "Headless" bicycle was an ingenious affair, and
should make a cropper a matter of little moment, though we think the

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difficulty of mounting will tell muchly against its ever being used
generally as a roadster. Bayliss,Thomas& Co. 'srenderingof Fletcher's
patent folding tricycle was another good thing, and the simplicity of its
action will make it a favourite with those who are pressed for room.
The simple " trowser fasteners" sold on our own stall, too, we con-
sider worthy of note as providing a cheap and efficacious way of
enabling one to ride in ordinary " togs." The very broad forks of
the " Rucker " bicycle commended themselves to us for their very
evident strength and rigidity, and we hope other makers will follow
the lead thus set them by the ex-captain of the London. Rudge and
Co.'s new " Coventry Rotary Convertible" tricycle we take to be one
of the most practically useful improvements in double tricycles intro-
duced for some time, the extra wheel, cranks, and seat being put on
or detached by the veriest novice in less than a minute, and the
machine in its single form being complete as it stands ; and another
real " Sociable" improvement is that introduced by Hillman, Herbert
and Cooper, viz., the arranging the steering on the right-hand side,
so that the gentleman is seated on that side, as he would be were he
driving a horse and trap. Settle's " Special Fleet" handles will also
be useful, now that bent handles are becoming so popular, as they
enable the bar to be in one piece, and easily detachable. This struck
us muchly, and when we got a bit further, the power that can be
developed in the " Overmann " tricycle also struck us, as when
complete this mode of driving must utilise every atom of power a
man is able to apply.

The feature introduced on the " Devon " tricycle of bringing the
seat forward when going up hills we also took to be a radical
improvement, the relative position of the rider and his pedals being
retained. Hydes and Wigfull, who started the Stanley head, have
this year too started a pattern of head which should become very
popular ; their ball bearing head having a surprising rigidity and
freedom at the same time — better than any centres we have ever
seen.

For lightness in build of bicycles, the new front fork ot the Surrey
Machinists' Co. struck us as a move in the right direction, it being
really a large edition of the " semi-tubular " back variety, with the
inner sides cased in. The Coventry Machinists' Co. had several
real improvements in their exhibits ; to our mind their mode of fitting
ball pedals to the double cranked pedal shaft is most commendable ;
their new collapsible double driving " Cheylesmore " is very neat,
and should be a good thing ; and the instrument supplied by them for
detaching the cranks also another good thing.

With the object of doing away with the chains and intermediate
wheels, the " Special Zephyr " driving rods struck us as being most
ingenious and at the same time effective. H. Hae*s " folding
support " for bicycles was one of those "fearfully and wonderfully
made " concerns which might have taken eight or nine years since,

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225

when every fellow went out in expectation of a spill before returning.
Further real improvements we noted in the adaptation of the univer-
sal joint in the bearings throughout of tricycles, by the National
Arms & Ammunition Co., whose beautiful workmanship was well
to the fore. This way of fitting the joints practically renders a
machine impossible to be disabled, unless thoroughly smashed out-
right. Harrington's enamel as a coating for rust-prevention is Ai,
and as now perfected, another step in the right direction. The
" Dual " & " Howe " are excessively simple hill climbers, and right
in their respective ways. The catch on the " Golightly " tricycles for
preventing backward running on steep slopes is a useful article, and
the brakes fitted to these machines, as well as that fitted to the
" Rob Roy " and "Zephyr," we took to be good improvements, as
relieving the hand of the great strain on long descents, whilst Mr.
Phillips has also made another move in the right direction in
introducing a medium sized and priced tricycle for the use of growing
girls and boys. The Birmingham Small Arms Co.'s folder — the
" Compressible" — is a good thing, insomuch that the spanner has not
to be used at all for shutting up and opening out the machine. The
work put into their machines by this company is also another move in
the right direction. H umber's new Ladies' tricycle was of the right
shape for female use, and should go well, as it is faultlessly made,
and the new two-chain double-driver introduced by the National
Bicycle Co. will, if it stands hill work, be a good thing in its way.
The Coventry Phoenix Co. place the safety rods of their tricycle at
each side instead of in the middle. This is a good feature, which,
we fancy, will become general with machines of this class. Bown's
new tricycle hub with ball bearings — another good feature — is of use
to the trade at large ; and the " Leicester Safety" folding and double-
driving tricycle has many good points about it, the application of the
brake and backward dismount being especially good. Morris Bros.,
of Cardiff, are the first to introduce a spring adjustable to weight of
rider, and if it stands well this ought to be another point of real im-
provement; and the graduation from speed to power in " Multipotent"
is a good point, whilst the " Merlin " has a good feature in the
arrangement for keeping the ratchet silent.

The introduction of ball bearings to the " Facile" will much im-
prove that machine, and the use of a larger wheel will extend its
scope of action still further ; and in the long centres introduced by
Mr. Andrews, and with which several machines in the show were
fitted, lies one of the most real improvements yet introduced into
bicycle construction. Mr. Andrews's light racer was a real marvel,
and we must not forget the " Facile" stop bell, and Phillips' com-
bined bell, both of which will make their mark in the world ere
long. •

"The Wheel Wobld Galop."'— This excellent Galop, which actually compels the most
lazy to dance, is at length ready, Will be sent, post free, on receipt of 25 stamps.— Harry
Etheringtou. 152, Fleet Street E.C.

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THE COST OF STARTING A NEWSPAPER.

HE following remarks may be of interest to those cyclists
who imagine the starting of a publication an easty or
roseate matter. They were recently uttered by that
eminent American preacher, the Rev. T. De Witt
Talmage, in the course of an address upon " Newspapers." He
says : —

"It is high time it was understood that the most successful way
of sinking a fortune, and keeping it sunk, is to start and conduct a
newspaper. Almost every intelligent man during his life is smitten
with the newspaper mania, and start a newspaper, or have stock in
one, he must or die. This is often the process : — A literary man
has an idea, moral, social, political, or religious, which he wishes
to ventilate. He has no money of his own — literary men seldom
have — but he talks his idea among confidential friends, and forthwith
they are inflamed with the idea, and they buy type and press, and
rent a composing room, and engage a corps of editors ; and then a
prospectus, which threatens to conquer everything, goes forth, and
then the first issue is thrown upon the attention of an admiring
world. After a few weeks or months a plain stockholder finds that
there is no especial revolution, and that neither the sun nor the moon
has stood still, and that the world still goes on lying and cheating
and stealing just as is it did before the issue of the New York
Thunderer, or the Universal Gazette, or the Hallelujah Advocate.
Forthwith the plain stockholder wants to sell his stock, but nobody
wants to buy it ; and others, disgusted with their investment, want
to sell their stock, and an enormous bill of the paper factory rolls in
like an avalanche, and the printers refuse to work until they have had
their back pay, and the type-setter bows to the compositor, and the
compositor bows to the managing editor, and the managing editor
bows to the editor-in-chief, and the editor-in-chief bows to the
directors, and the directors bow to the public in general ; and the
subscribers wonder why their paper does not pay.

" Let me tell you, O man, that if you have an idea on any moral,
social, political or religious subject, you had better charge on the
world through the columns already established. Do not take the
idea so prevalent, that when a man can do nothing else he can edit
a newspaper. If you cannot climb the hill back of your house, you
had better not try the sides of the Matterhorn. If you cannot navi-
gate a sloop up the North river, you had better not try to engineer
the Great Eastern over to Liverpool. To publish a newspaper
requires the skill, the precision, the vigilance, the strategy, the bold-
ness of a commander-in-chief. To edit a newspaper, one needs be
a statesman, an essayist, a geographer, a statistician, and, so far as
all acquisition is concerned, encyclopediac. To man, to propel a
newspaper requires more qualities than any other business on earth.

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227

I say this to save men from bankruptcy. If you feel called to start
or publish a newspaper, take it for granted you are threatened with
softening of the brain, throw your pocket-book into your, wife's lap,
and rush up to Bloomingdale Asylum, and surrender yourself before
you do something desperate. Meanwhile, let the dead newspapers be
carried out to their burial week by week, and let the newspapers that
live give them good obituary notices. If they died after living a
good life, say ' Peace to their ashes.' If they died after living a
bad life, give them at least a stickful of epitaph like that which was
put over the grave of Sir Francis Charthouse — ' Here lies the body
of Francis Charthouse, who, with an inflexible constancy and uni-
formity of life, persisted in the practice of every human vice excepting
prodigality and hypocrisy. His insatiable avarice exempted him
from the first — his matchless impudence from the second.' "

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HUMAN NATURE.
mAT I Bicyclist : Ah ! well, it's a good iob I tllin /people can't see them selveswhen
Thin I ■• /fat ( they're on bicycles, or they

would never ride.

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HINTS TO CYCLING TOURISTS.

On starting for a tour, leave your spanner and oilcan behind,
because you will not need them above 14 or 15 times a day.

Also leave your lamp, if you have one to leave; if not, take it with
you, of course.

Above all, don't take any string or spare nuts, or anything of that
kind, as it is very possible you might need them, and if you had
them, it would be very unpleasant, because it would waste valuable
time trying to mend your machine when you ought to be riding.

As for a bell or gong, such a thing should never be thought of, as
it might make a noise in passing somebody, and then probably they
would move away, and so deprive you of having a seat on the groud
floor.

See that your brake is in every way deficient, and just ready for
giving way with the slightest pull, or otherwise you would not have
the bliss of charging that nice wall which seems to have been built
especially to meet your (car) case.

Take nothing in the shape of clean linen, as you can very well
dispense with all unnecessary weight, and linen is very heavy and
not at all needed on a tour after a hard day's work.

On meeting a restive horse, rush past it at full speed, and wave
your arms about like a windmill on the tramp, as this is calculated to
calm the troubled_breast of the most unruly piece of horseflesh ever
put together.

If you should happen to meet a J. P. (one of the great unpaid) do
your utmost to annoy him, as by this means you may save part of
your hotel expenses, and obtain board and lodging at the expense of
the county.

Lastly, always eat as much as you possibly can cram down in the
smallest space of time, then jump up and continue your journey at
top speed for about half an hour, as this will no doubt conduce
to good health, and you are not at all likely to suffer from indigestion.

" Rip van Winkle."
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PATENT RECORD.

rCompiled by Hart & Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C.]
APPLICATIONS FOE LETTERS PATENT.
141. _C. W. Francis, London. Bicycles. 11th Jan., 1882.
181. — G. Moss, London. Velocipedes. 13th Jan., 1882.
210.— W. Soper, Reading. Velocipedes, &c. 14th Jan., 1882.
328. — G. Smith, Bradford. Motors for driving velocipedes, &c. 23rd Jan., 1882.
415. — w. Hillman, Coventry. Velocipedes, &c. 27th Jan., 1882.
439. — A Burdess, Coventry. Seats of tricycles, &c. 28th Jan., 1882.
441. — c. F. Varley, Bexley Heath, and W. Judd, Penang. Propelling vehicles.

28th Jan., 1882.
464. — W. S. Rock, Jersey. Tricycles and bicycles for travelling upon water.

31st Jan., 1882.
467. — J. W. Golding, Kensington. Construction of bicycles, tricycles, and

velocipedes, &c. 31st Jan., 1882.

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503. — H. Salsbury, London. Suspension lamps for bicycles, tricycles, &c. 1st

Feb., 1882.
517. — W. R. Lake, London. Saddle for bicycles, &c. (com. by F. G. Burley,

Boston, U.S.A.). 2nd Feb., 1882.
518.— A. G. Meeze, Redhill, A. G. Salamon, Clapbam, and R. E. Phillips,

Westminster. Velocipedes, &c. 2nd Feb., 1882.
520.— J. D. Ellson, Coventry. Driving of velocipedes. 2nd Feb., 1882.
550. — R. Harrington, Wolverhampton, and T. Fuller, Southwark. Velocipedes.

4th Feb., 1882.
562.— E. R. Settle, Coventry. Velocipedes. 6th Feb., 1882.
583.— B. Roberts, Wolverhampton. Tricycles. 7th Feb., 1882.
600.— J. G. Smith, Eccles. Construction of tricycles, &c. 8th Feb., 1882.
•608.— J. Beeston, Lymington. Tricycles. 8th Feb., 1882.
618.— G. W. Ash, Southsea. Bicycles, tricycles, &c. 8th Feb., 1882.
■650. — H. A. Dufreue, Paris. Velocipedes (com. by A. Mange, Louchamp,

France. Comp. spec.) 10th Feb., 1882.
■683. — A. Burdess, Coventry. Ball or roller bearings for velocipedes. 11th
Feb., 1882.

NOTICES TO PROCEED

Have been given by the following applicants on the dates named : —

24th Jan., 1882. — 4051. E. R. Settle, Coventry. Driving mechanism for

velocipedes. 20th Sept., 1881.
27th Jan., 1882. — 4091. J. Adams, Camberwell. Tricycles, &c. 22nd Sept., 1881.
27th Jan., 1882. — 4106. J. E. Leeson, Oldham. Lamps for bicycles and other

velocipedes. 23rd Sept., 1881.
31st Jan., 1882.— 4319. J. A. Lamplugh, Birmingham. Bicycles. 4th Oct., 1881.
3rd Feb., 1882.— 4317. T. Warwick, Aston. Bicycles, tricycles, &c. 4th
Oct., 1881.

PATENTS SEALED.

The following Letters Patent passed the Great Seal on the dates named.

17th Jan., 1882. — 3200. A. Burdess, Coventry. Driving mechanism for tricycles,

&c. 22nd July, 188L
20th Jan., 1882.— 3180. J. G. Smith, Eccles. Tricycles. 21st July, 1881.
20th Jan., 1882.— 3212. G. Singer, Coventry. Velocipedes. 22nd July, 1881.
24th Jan., 1882. — 3408. G. Strickland, Malta. Bicycles and other velocipedes.

6th Aug., 1881.
24th Jan., 1882.— 4430. T. T. Harrison, Bristol. Bicycles. 11th Oct., 1881.
31st Jan., 1882.— 3371. F. Wirth, Frankfort. Velocipedes, &c. (com. by P.

Praechter, Heidelburg, Germany). 3rd Aug., 1881.
7th Feb., 1882.— 3432. W. R. Foster and T. J. Williams, Bermondsey. Securing

india-rubber tyres to wheels of bicycles, &c. 8th Aug., 1881.
7th Feb., 1882—3572. G. Richards, Manchester, and B. C. Tilghman, London.

Velocipedes. 17th Aug., 1881.
7th Feb., 1882.— 3587. A. W. Robinson, Birmingham. Bicycles and other

velocipedes. 17th Aug., 1881.
7th Feb., 1882.— 4121. T. E. Heath, junr., Penarth. Apparatus for driving

bicycles and other velocipedes. 24th Sept., 1881.
10th Feb., 1882.— 3744. E. C. F. Otto, Peckham. Bicycles and other veloci-
pedes. 27th Aug., 1881.
10th Feb., 1882.— 3782. J. White, Earlsdon, and J. Asbury, Coventry. Con-
struction of velocipedes. 30th Aug., 1881.
14th Feb., 1882.— 3576. M. A. Weir, London. Velocipedes. 17th Aug., 1881.
14th Feb., 1882.— 3697. G. R. Godsall and J. C. C. Read, Birmingham.

Bicycle lamp. 25th Aug., 1881.
14th Feb., 1882.— 4434. A. M. Clark, London. Tricycles (com. by S. N. Silver
and C. E. Page, Maine, U.S.A.). 11th Oct., 1881.
PATENT
On which the Stamp Duty of £50 has been paid.
369. W. Bown, Birmingham. Bicycles, tricycles, and other velocipedes, &c
29th Jan., 1879.

23o THE WHEEL WORLD.

PATENTS VOID.
Through the non-payment of the £50 Stamp Duty.

137. W.S. Lewis, Wolverhampton. Bicycles and tricycles. 13th Jan., 1879.

190. J. Harrington and H. Brent, Pyde. Bicycles and other wheeled vehicles,
&c. 16th Jan., 1879.

ABEIDGMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS.
Published during the month ending 15th December, 1881.

1871. — A. G. Meeze, Eedhill, and N. Salamon, London. Velocipedes. Discs
are fitted on the axles of the driving wheels and also on the treadle
axle, which are connected together by sets of link rods so arranged
that one rod is always in a position to pull upon the disc of the driving
wheel. A collapsible pantograph frame is used with overlapping
hinged joints, so that on the retaining bolts and the central portion of
the treadle axle being removed, the machine may be contracted in
width as desired. Clutches are used for the driving wheels to allow
of running round curves. These consist of a loose collar, earring pins
which pass through holes in the fixed hub of the clutch. The loose
collar is actuated by a lever. The spring of the seat is built up of
alternate layers of steel and rubber, to lessen the vibration. 30th April,
1881. Price 8d.

724. — L. Morton, Kensington. Boots and shoes for hicycle and tricycle riders
Ventilating holes or openings are formed in the upper leathers to pro-
vide for evaporation, to which suitable covers may be applied. The
soles and heels are roughened to prevent slipping. 19th Feb., 1881.
Price 6tf.

1864. — J. E. Hatch, Camberwell. Velocipede or monocycle. This consists of a*
wheel sufficiently large for the rider to sit within it. It has only a few
spokes, which are bowed outwards to clear the rider, whose seat is
supported by the axle. It is driven by a cranked axle, with treadles
supported from the frame, connected with the axis of the wheel by
chain or other gearing. 29th April, 1881. Price 6d.

2064. — S. H. Laxby, East Clevedon. Driving gear of tricyclesi &c. The chain
is made to pass over two cones like the cone of a lathe, so that, by
moving the chain from one pair of circles to another, there may be a
gain of power and speed as required. (Pro. pro.) 12th May, 1881.
Price 2d.

2258. — H. J. Haddan, Westminster. Tricycles, &c. The two large wheels are
mounted on independent spindles, secured in a rearwardly curved con-
necting piece, on which the saddle is fixed. The backbone is con-
nected to this, and at its rear end is curved at right angles to its
length, on which part the steering wheel is swivelled. The wheels are
driven by pedals, connected by straps to pawl and ratchet propelling
devices, secured on the inner sides of the large wheels. (Com. by
J. A. McKenzie, Galesbury, U.S.A.) 24th May, 1881, Price 6d.
Published during the month ending loth January, 1882.

2202. — E. Marshall, Birmingham. Bicycles, &o. The ball bearings have the
series of balls secured in their places by a ring in holes in which the balls
are held. On the axle is a grooved loose collar, between which and another
outer collar, whieh is divided into two parts, the balls work. This outer
collar is adjusted by a screw pin in the under side of the case, and two
small screws at the meeting edges of the two halves of the collar
guide the motion of the lower half when it is being raised or lowered.
Different-sized toothed wheels are placed on the crank shaft and the
wheel shaft, to vary the rate of motion ; these are brought into action
as required, by a lever. The pedal shaft and the frame are divided,
so as to separate the vehicle into two parts. The divided parts can be
joined together by screw caps, &c. The hub of the wheel has a flange
on the outer side, into which the spokes are fitted. When a spoke is
broken it can readily be removed. 19th May, 1881. Price 6d.

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WHEELMAN'S YEAR BOOK,

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ARCHER, FRED.

BERESFOBD, LORD M.
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CONSTABLE, H.
CORTIS, H. E.
DAVENPORT, H.
FROST-SMITH, R.
GEORGE, W. G.
GRACE, W. G.
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LOCKTOBf, C. E.
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REAV, J. II. L.
ROSEBERV, LORD.
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ROWELL, CHARLES.
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COVENTRY PHCENIX

DOUBLE DRIVEE.

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withPRITCHARD'SPATENT
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THE

IMPERIAL BICYCLE,

Manufactured by

W. SMITH,

Crocus Street, Nottingham,
IS THE MACHINE FOR 1880,

As is proved by the following :

Thursday, March 17, 1880. At the Agri
cultural Hall he rode the unprecedented
distance of 230J miles, without dismount-
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Write for Price Lists and Testimonials
before ordering elsewhere.

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GO TO

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One Mile, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.

C. E. Liles, 2nd, on a 55m. Humber.

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25 Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.

C. Crute, 2nd, on a 54m. Humber.

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The 50 miles was done in the remarkable time of 2 hours 50 seconds, beating
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last quarter in the mile race was run in 36§ seconds, by far the fastest quarter
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THE HUMBER TRICYCLE,

Upon which was won the 50 Miles Championship, in the splendid time of
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in hill mounting. Reigate Hill was ridden by S. J. Slocombe, Esq., in 13
minutes on this Tricycle, the same distance as the Bicycle trial, many Bicycles
exceeding that time.

Important Notice.— The Second Annual 50 Miles Tricycle Championship
Race, on June 25th, 1881, was won on the Humber Tricycle by G. L. Hillier,
against twenty other competitors, the second man being 33 minutes, or about
equal to sis miles, behind.

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No. 24.

APRIL, 1882,

Vol. IV.

A BIGYGUM ♦ TRI6Y6LING

Illustrated gEagazine of ffport.

EDITED BY

HENRY STURMEY & C. W. NAIRN.

LONDON:

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COVENTRY:

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ILIFFE A SON. PRINTERS, COVENTRY.

H- L. CORTIS, Amateur Champion, won the 25 and 50 Miles'

Amateur Championship Races on a Bicycle fitted with Bown's

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FRONT WHEELS, BACK WHEELS, AND PEDALS OF BICYCLES & TRICYCLES,

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Front Wheel Bearings.

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An Analysis of some English Koads, compiled from personal investigation.

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Description of the Principal Racing Courses used hy Cyclists.
The Racing ^Record of 1881, with Handicapper's Index.
Summary of the Racing Season in the Metropolis, the Midlands, the West and

Blackwell, Junr.
" A Cycle of Cycling." By "Aout."

An Exhaustive Illustrated Article on " Monocycles." By Henry Sturmey.
" Whitsuntide Wanderings of a Wharfedale Wheelman No. II."
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" Manners Maketh Men." By McCullum Hill.

" How No. 1 of the ' Southern Wheeler' Appeared." By "Joey" Sawtell.
" Bicycle Riding" — A Few Hints to Beginners.
"A Tale of a Social." By "Joey" Sawtell.

" The Advantages of Bicycling." By R. P. Hampton-Roberts, Belsize B.C.
" Incidents of the Road." By Charles R. Maddox.

" Fireside Thoughts on Tricycles and Tricycling." By Boverton Redwood.
" Mems on Tricycling." By Harry Venables.
" That Ghttering ' Rudge.' " By " Titanambungo."
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Definition of an Amateur.
The Clubs of the World and their Badges.
Chronological Resume of the past year.

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THE WORLD-RENOWNED

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THE "HOWE" MACHINE CO.'S
Bicycles & Tricycles

Are constructed of the best material, and by the most experienced of workmen.
They are planned on the surest mechanical principles, and possess all the
desirable "points" in 'cycling machines.

THE "HOWE" BICYCLE. THE "HOWE" TRICYCLE.

Hollow Oval Fork, Double Ball Bearings,

Tapered Backbone. Parts Inter

changeable.

Prices from £15 15s. Price, <*16 16s.

Two large wheels of 44 inch.
Small wheel behind.

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M. D. RUCKBR, JUN., & Co.,

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CENTRAL PIN STEERING,

Secured with Patent Nut of which X and Y are the plan and
elevation.
Advantages.— Extra Rigidity. A greater and better
bearing surface, and consequently less subject to wear, ease
of adjustment and impossibility to work loose.

NEW SECTION OF RIM

Advantages.— The Eubber
is held securely without
cement, is easily turned
when worn, and is then equal
to a new tyre. The rims
being stiffer make stronger
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(SWINDLET'S PATENT).

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THE "RUCKER" BICYCLE

Is made of best possible material, and for rigidity, strength, and appearance cannot be sur

passed. The above and other patented improvements are supplied, if required,

without extra charge.

PRICE, for any size, bright or japanned, with ball bear-
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With entirely new and most effective fastening to backbone.

Prices.— Best quality Cowhide, 21/- ; other materials, 15/-.
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THE 7ACILF8AFETY BICYCLE

(BEALE & STRAW'S PATENT.)

TESTIMONIAL FROM CUTHBERT D. VESEY, ESQ.,

( Winner of the late 50 mile Tricycle Race.)

11, Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W.,
Messrs. Ellis & Co. March 17, 1881.

Gentlemen, — I am pleased to inform you that I have given the 40-inch
"Facile" a most complete trial, and am very pleased with the result. I have
ridden it nearly 200 miles of all sorts of roads, so may claim to know something
about it. On the track at Surbiton I have ridden a mile in 3 min. 28 sec, which
is a surprising speed for so small a wheel ; and with a specially built machine I
believe the time might be considerably reduced. For road work the "Facile"
is a capital machine. A speed of 10 miles an hour may be kept up, and it goes
over rough or muddy roads more easily and steadily than the ordinary bicycle.
There is no fear of going over the handles, so that it may be ridden over any-
thing. For hill work it is also very good. I have ridden both up and down
Oak Hill, Surbiton, which I cannot do on an ordinary bicycle. I came down
this hill, which is very steep, almost at walking pace, being able to use the
brake and treading back to almost any extent. Altogether 1 am very much
pleased with the " Facile," and think they ought to sell well during the coming
Yours very truly, CUTHBERT D. VESEY.

From the Sporting Life, September 13th, 1881.— " The match for a 5 Guinea Cup came
off yesterday (Monday) on the main road from Hitchin to Finchley, twenty-five miles, resulting
in a victory for the "Facile." The winner, Mr. Boothroyd, rode a 40 inch " Facile," making
very fast time as follows : — Five miles, 23 min. 28 sec. ; ten miles, 46 min. 47 sec. ; twelve
miles and a half, or half way (Hatfield Railway Bridge), 58 min. 10 sec. ; fifteen miles, 1 hour
7 min. 36 sec. ; twenty miles, 1 hour 34 min. 30 sec. ; and twenty-five miles, 1 hour 58 min. 5 sec
The roads were heavy, and rain fell for the greater portion of the race, or the time would
have been even better." Mr. Harry Etherington acted as referee and took the times.

SOLE AGENTS:

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Of world-wide renown. Price for 52in., all bright, £13.

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EDITED BY HENRY STURMEY,

CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING

Articles, Christmas Tales, Romances, Adventurous Rides,

&c, &c.
THE YEAR OF SPOET. By the Editor.

HOW I PROVED AN ALIBI. By William J. Bull, Minerva B.C. (Author of " Odds & Ends").
A WILD, WILD RIDE ; or, The Mystebt of the Dead Hand. A Reminiscence of the

Great Meet of Bicyclists at Harrogate. By Walter Crompton, Capt. Warrington B.C.
MY BICYCLING EXPERIENCE. By " Beachey Head."
LONDON TO LEICESTER IN 189— A Tale of the "German Occupation." By"Agonistes,"

Hampstead B.C.
BOYCOTTED. A Night's Adventure. By T. H. Holding, Prest. B. T.C.
A RIDE INTO DREAMLAND. By "B.," Canonbury B.C.
LA SOMNAMBULA. By " W.J.C."

THE MYSTERY OF THE MANTEL-PIECE. By " Choey Sawtell," Sherborne B.C.
AN ADVENTUROUS PIONEER RIDE IN AUSTRALIA. From Sydney, over the Blue

Mountains to the Temora Gold Fields, 360 Miles through the Bush. By " J.W."
THE CAPTAIN'S WIFE. By " Tommy B."
THAT GARRULOUS STRANGER. By " Ab Initio."

THE EFFECTS OF A BEEF-STEAK SUPPER. Two Illustrations. By " Smangle,
£50 REWARD. By " Fabian." [Pickwick B.C.

CYCLISTS UNDER CANVAS ; or, Jottings fbom the Harrogate Camp. Twenty-five

Illustrations. By Lacy Hillier.
OUR YOUNGEST MEMBER. By " Bab Yardla/.-

GLANCE AT OUR ADVERTISERS. By the Editor.

POEMS, BALLADS, RHYMES, &c.

INTRODUCTORY VERSES. By the Editor.

THE DOCTOR AND HIS TRICYCLE. Founded on Fact. By"W.N.M."

THE CRY OF HUNDREDS. By " Plated Treadles."

THE LEGEND OF SIR SCORCH ALONG AND THE LADY POTOJAM. Eight Illustra-
tions. By " Faed."

THE FENIAN'S RIDE, Dedicated to and Written for Harry J. Swindley. By "Agonistes,"

THE B.T.C. By "A Zingari." [Hampstead B.C.

OUR PRESIDENT'S GOOSE. By "August," B.T.C.

A DOGGEREL CATASTROPHE. By "A.R."

IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE. A Topical Bicycling Song. By " Tommy B."

CYCLING versus COURTSHIP. By " Aout."

NURSERY RHYMES. By "Aout."

SMEARS, SMUDGES, SPOTS, AND SPLUTTERINGS. By "Algernon Sidney."

THE UNATTACHED CYCLIST. Being the Lamentations and Confessions of a Bachelor
Tricycle Rider. By "August," B.T.C.

DELIGHTS OF THE WHEEL. By "Whiterius," B.T.C.

OVER THE HANDLE-BAR. A Parody. By " W.W., Junr."

A TRIBUTE. By " W.J.C."

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Won't Get Out of the Way. The Social Question. Rattling His Bones over the
Stones. A Sketch on the Path. On His Milky Whey. A Rash Attempt. Legs Over
(Six Illustrations). The Bicyclist ("According to the evidence usually given before
Magistrates," and "According to facts"). Foiled. Hats. Feet. Another Grievance.
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easily stopped by a most powerful balance brake without loosing either of the
steering handles.

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materially to the weight, can be reduced in a few seconds to the verj narrow
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THE WHEEL WORLD.

CONTENTS FOR APRIL.

PAGE

Workers 231

Dr. Eichardson, F.R.S., on Tricycling 232

Riding on a Wheel 234

Cycling Celebrities. — No. 7. Mr. Boverton Redwood . . . . 235

Pars, from the " N.Y. Sunday Courier." 236

Roving Records 238

Amongst the Clubs 243

" How the Wheel World ' Wags '" 245

Concerning a First-verse Poet 248

Western Waifs 254

Jottings from tbe Emerald Isle 255

Stretches of Imagination . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Formation of an Australian Cyclists Union . . . . . . . . 257

Midland Whispers 260

Tale of a Wayside Inn 261

The Safety of Bicycling 263

Jones's Header 264

The First of April 265

Bicycle Bits and Tricycle Trifles 270

Poor Puffanblow 271

Patent Record 272

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WORKERS.

HE fact that Beningfield, Blackwell, Tanner, Cork, and
English are all gone, or going, within a few weeks may-
well cause Union men to wonder whence will come their
new workers. Happily there is an old proverb, which is
an exceptionally true one, and that is, that there are as good fish in
the sea as ever came out of it ; and although one is apt to think for
the moment that any loss which occurs is irretrievable, yet things
generally very shortly shuffle themselves down into a satisfactory
condition. It will, no doubt, take the Union some time to get good
substitutes for the " workers " who have gone, but there is no need
for despair. The Stanley flourishes, though poor Airey is no more,
and the B.T.C. grows more rapidly than ever, though the energetic
first organiser, Mr. Stanley A. J. Cotterell, has resigned his offices
into other hands. We must not underrate the loss such men as
those we have named are to the Bicycle Union, but we feel perfectly
sure that there is not the slightest fear that the work of the Union
will suffer. " Workers," from whatever motives they may be spurred,
will undoubtedly be found to manage what is every day becoming a
more wealthy and powerfully representative body. As long as we
have such men as Scrutton, Redwood, Hillier, Maddox, Lowe, Leslie,
and others of similar kidney, there will be no fear of the work not
being done, or not being well done ; and when their time comes for
retiring from active service, others will be found to unroll an unsus-
pected energy, and to step into their places and perform their work.
The appointment of delegate to the Bicycle Union should be made
carefully by each club, and should be fenced round with every pos-
sible dignity, in order to attract the best men. Fortunately, all
through life, in each of its phases, unpaid workers for the general
good are to be found. Starting at members of Parliament, and going
carefully down through the various stages, comprising Vestrymen,
Guardians, and other unpaid officers, to the ladies, who " work dis-
tricts" for their local clergy, there is always an ample element from
which to draw to recruit vacancies, and we see no reason why wheel
circles should be any exception to the general rule. It behoves, how-
ever, every one who feels he has work in him to make efforts to get
that ability first recognised in his club ; and it should be the pride
and aim of all clubs to have as their delegate one of those real
" workers," whose united efforts alone can, in vulgar parlance, keep
the " pot " of the B.U. " boiling."

234

THE WHEEL WORLD.

He then refers to the advantage men of business would derive by
having some pastime at the seaside to take their attention from busi-
ness cares, which must crop up if only smoking and lounging are in-
dulged in; and he concludes his remarks on point(6)by saying: — "There
is also about tricycling a new pleasure — the pleasure, I mean, which
one always feels of doing something better and quicker than ever it
was done before for one's self, and by one's own efforts. It is a new
pleasure to feel that one can get over so much more ground in so
much shorter a time than was ever done by walking. It is a new
pleasure to feel that one can, by natural strength, skill, and a few
weeks' training, independently of any extraneous aid, clear five-and-
twenty or thirty miles a day without undue fatigue. It makes
a man of middle age, or past middle age, feel young again."

(To be continued in the May Niimber.)

RIDING ON A WHEEL

One rather warm da)' last summer, a gentleman travelling on a
bicycle in North Derbyshire was tempted to follow a green shady
lane that led from the high road through a rarely visited part of the
country. After trundling along a couple of miles or so, he came in
sight of a cottage by the roadside, so covered with ivy as to leave
little but the windows and doorway visible. Feeling rather tired and
very thirsty, he dismounted from his machine, reared it against the
wall, and knocked at the door. It was opened by an old lady in a
striped gingham dress and white muslin cap with a double row of.
frills.

" May I trouble you for a drink ?"

" Aye, sure, iv yo'n drink wayter, wi han nowt else i'th'heause."

"Thank you, water will do very well."

The old lady went to the back, and presently returned with some
cold spring water, of which he took a hearty draught, relished none
the less that it was presented in a brown " mess pot," much used in
the country forty years ago.

While he was drinking, the old lady locked curiously at the " iron
steed," and she said —

" Han yo' cum far to-day, mester ?"

The gentleman mentioned a place about seven miles away.

" Wha, then, aw'm sureyo're toyart. Sit yo' deawn a bit."

She again dived into the interior, and returned with a large-bladed
knife in her hand.

" Heaw mich win yo' charge for grindin this thwittle, an' makkin
a good job on it ? An' aw think we'n a pair o' sithers az are gettin
rayther dull."

The gentleman laughingly explained that he was not in the
" grinding " business, and that he was travelling on the machine
instead of with it. Then after finishing his water and giving six-

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235

pence to a little girl that was watching him with " all her eyes," he
" mounted and rode away."

" Well, well," said the old lady, clasping her hands, "wonders
never cease'n. Aw've seen some queer things i' my time, bo aw
never seed anybody ride stroddle-leg on a wheel an' pote it forrud wi'
ther feet afore. Aw rekkon th' next thing they'n be flyin like brids,
or waukin uppo' th' dams an' pits like wayter flees. Eaur Tummus
wur reet when he sed longer one livt an mooar they seed. Well,
iv ewer! "

CYCLING CELEBRITIES.

No. 7. Mr. Boverton Redwood.

HE gentleman who, amongst his intimates, is known by the
short prefix to his surname which appears on our
monthly picture, is the scientific son of a scientific father;
but it is not in his private capacity that we have to deal
with Mr. Boverton Redwood, Fellow of the Chemical Society, Fellow
of the Institute of Chemistry, &c, &c, &c, but rather in connection
with that wide arena of wheel life which it is our special pleasure and
privilege to describe. We do not know what was the cause which
first led to Mr. Boverton Redwood's taking to tricycling, but one has
only to gaze for one moment into his restless pupil to see that there is
any amount of suppressed energy, both mental and physical, |in the
subject of our sketch, which must find a vent somewhere. Happily for
Mr. Redwood, and for cycling generally, he has found in wheeldom a
vent which meets both points, for while on the road he can tire his
body, he has a wide field in the press, the clubroom, and the council
chamber, for the evaporation of surplus brain tissue. First appearing
prominently in connection with " wheels" as one of the promoters, and
the first hon. sec. of the Fincbley Tricycle Club — an association of tricy-
clists of good social position and of fairly similar age and means — Mr.
Redwood came rapidly to the front as an " easy style" writer of those
prosaic affairs, when put into print, viz., club runs. As a club officer,
however, and a writer in correspondence columns, he might have
vegetated, but for that indomitable energy to which we have referred,
and which only finds a wheel parallel in Blackwell and a few other
B.U. men, ejusdem generis. His vitality could not rest satisfied with
the recounting of rides along "leafy roads," or teas at Shenley or
Essendon. He felt that unity was strength, and, with the consent of
his club, in 1 880 he called a joint meeting of the London and Finchley
Tricycle Clubs to form an Association to protect his favourite sport o f
tricycling and to improve tricycles in every way which might appear
desirable. It was in this capacity that Mr. Redwood became a wheel
celebrity. Bicyclist? differ in opinion as to the Tricycle Association
which was the result of this meeting, but very few tricyclists are found
ho hold an adverse opinion of it, while no honest man can deny that
r, ey, and they alone, have been the means of causing the recent keen

236 THE WHEEL WORLD.

competition amongst makers to improve tricycles as regards speed and
ease of propulsion on the road — the proper sphere for all tricycle com-
petitions. No higher tribute can be paid to the honour of the now-
defunct T.A., which Mr. Redwood so ably managed as hon. sec, than the
way in which they cheerfully accepted unconditional amalgamation with
the Bicycle Union, on the ground of the former's two years' seniority,
whilst the fact of the enormous force brought to bear against them
proved the solid position they had made in wheel circles. If the Bicycle
Union and Tricycle Association (amalgamated as they now are) can
secure the services of Mr. Redwood, and if he can be induced to work
for all wheels in anything like the manner he did for three, they will
indeed be fortunate. Mr. Redwood, as is well known, is a pleasant
and facile writer ; in appearance he is comely of face and neat of
figure. Genial in manner, and always desirous of securing harmony
and unanimous action, he is both in his public form and on all other
points essentially a gentleman. We do not know if we are dipping too
far into private matters, if we say that Mrs. Redwood is ono of those
lady tricyclists who grace the Finehley roads with their presence, or
that a very youthful scion of the house has already a toy tricycle in
use, but, if we have, we are sure that none will more readily pardon
the indiscretion than " Bover."'

PARS. FROM THE " N.Y. SUNDAY COURIER."

Roy fell into a trap last Friday, and it was in the Star. In attempting
to dismount by the pedal, his foot slipped in the spokes, and was
caught there. As the wheel does not turn backwards, it required
five minutes' time, and the united efforts of a dozen men to extricate
him. A very pleasant thing to happen in a lonely country road.

Mr. Taylor, of the Harvard club, covered 1,500 miles in 28 days
in England and on the continent last summer ; and Messrs. Cun-
ningham and Smith, of the Yonkers club, made about 800 miles in
60 days, doing all of England. As they were members of the
B.T.C., they were warmly welcomed wherever they went. We hope
the L.A.W. will prosper and do the service that the B.T.C. are
doing, that we may return hospitalities to our English visitors.

The general opinion is that bicyclers should appear in uniform
at an entertainment of that character, and not an evening dress.

The "Humber" Bicycle (Manufacturers— Humbee, Harriott & Cooper: Works
— Beeston, Notts).— This celebrated machine is undeniably the fastest, lightest and
strongest used on the racing path. The fastest one and two miles on record, also the
greatest distance in one hour (18J miles 210 yards), have been accomplished upon them. As a
roadster the " Humber" is undeniably miles faster in a day's journey, and more durable thaa
any other machine manufactured. The fact that the " Humber " bicycles are now almost
exclusively ridden by all bicyclists of distinction at the Universities and throughout the
United Kingdom, is sufficient evidence of their superiority over all others. Samples are on
view at the London Depot, 78, Richmond Road, West Brompton. Price lists and testimonials!
free on application.— Advt.

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NOTES OF A CRUISE ON WHEELS IN NORMANDY.

By C. E. Oliver, Derby B.C.
(Continued from page 218.)
Paris, Sept. 10 — This morning we made a start at half-past nine
from Vernon, and had not gone far when, on the hills which slope
towards the Seine, we caught sight of grapes growing in abundance;
the vines were not more than four feet high, secured to short stakes,
and the bunches of '• blushing fruit " were almost hidden by the
broad leaves. Piling our machines we sat down on the bank, and
held a vintage feast. This "frugal banquet, pure and unbought,"
occupied our attention some length of time, and we were two hours
on the road to Mantes (16 miles). We stayed to look at the Cathe-
dral, which has two large square towers of equal height. The
exterior view is impeded (as is generally the case in Continental
cathedrals) by the houses and buildings, some even touching the
walls ; the interior appeared to be well cared for, and again there
was a most gorgeous set of windows. Resuming our ride towards
Paris, the railway was noticed running close to the road and river
for a considerable distance. The weather was stormy, and we were
several times driven into the auberges on the wayside. These places
usually have a large bare room with one or two long tables ; coffee,
cider, and vin ordinaire are the drinks generally called for, neither
of which have anything of an exciting nature in their composition.
At St. Germain we halted at one of the numerous restaurants for a
bowl of bouillon. The buildings in the main street here are several
storeys high, and have a neat, almost a stately, air ; there are many
residences and villas amongst the trees on the wooded hill overlook,
ing the river, which here begins to show some life and animation-
and we saw several small steamers and other craft with passengers
and pleasure parties from Paris. Crossing the bridge we made for
Neuilly, and leaving this town by a sudden turn of the road, found
ourselves safe and sound in Paris. The Rue de Neuilly is quite 130
yards broad, and runs straight as a line into the heart of the city.
About a mile and a half down on a gentle rise we could see the
gigantic Arc de Triomphe standing out prominently against the

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clouds, which now began to discharge rain in torrents. Riding
along the centre of the broad boulevard, shaded with the usual double
line of trees, we came to the Arc de Triomphe, and turned to the
left into the Rue de Batignolles, where we dismounted at our hotel,
having ridden 55 miles. We soon donned some dry garments, and
dined with the unavoidable and voracious appetite ; but the rain
continued all the night in a steady and malicious manner, so that
we were unable to stir out again.

Paris, Sept. nth. — This morning away we started, and soon
became part of the gay crowd swarming in every direction. Our
route lay by the Palais de l'lndustrie to the Place de la Concorde arid
Rue de Rivoli. We visited Notre Dame, and climbed the towers,
whence we had a perfect panoramic view of Paris ; the atmosphere
being so very beautiful and clear we were able to identify the most
important buildings with ease ; the lead on the roof was a chaos of
names that might have been derived from the confusion at Babel,
and we did not bid for fame by adding our own. We next visited the
Morgue, and could not help noticing that every person whose business
lay near that Chamber of Horrors took the sight systematically,
running up the steps on one side, looking in upon the dismal view,
and continuing the route down the other steps. Passing over the
river- — no wider than the Derwent at Derby — we crossed again higher
up, entered the Louvre, and made a grand tour of the galleries, where
we feasted on infinitely more pictures and works of art than we could
adequately digest. We turned into a cafe in the Tuileries Gardens,
and during our short stay a thunderstorm cleared the people from the
walks ; but afterwards the weather cleared a little, and we strolled to
the Place Vendome, and saw the Column, and then to the Opera
House and La Madeline. Here the rain came down again, and we
spent the rest of the day indoors.

Houdan, Sept. 12. — After an early cup of chocolate, we packed
all up ; and, once more getting under weigh, turned our backs on the
capital. We took a road contingent to the Bois-de-Boulogne, which
landed us in the lonely Rue de Sevres. For several miles we skimmed
along this broad road, fringed on either side by the shady silence of a
dense wood. Presently a turn to the right brought us to a bridge
which spans the Seine, and we saw before us on the opposite side of
the river a vision of dazzling white villas, with red roofs, peeping out
of a mass of wooded hill, overlooking the sparkling stream. The
humbler portion of the town is nearer the banks ; this is St. Cloud.
Nearly every town and village in North France is paved with large
stones unevenly set, unloved by men of our mode of travelling, and
almost always necessitating a dismount. St. Cloud is not exempt
from this pest of paving. As we walked through, we passed lines of
brilliant booths and trim tents, the town being en fete. Mounting,
again, we soon despatched the few intervening miles to Sevres— a
long straggling town. Passing the gateway of the world-famed
porcelain works, we continued along the same road by which Marie
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The paving was present, more or less, for some miles, and we wel-
comed the broad straight avenue at the end of which loomed the
magnificent palace of Versailles. We entered the town by a pair of
large iron gates, an 1 selected our cafe ; for, not having breakfasted,
we were quite ready to participate in the pleasures of the table.
Afterwards, we sought the palace yard, where, amidst others, is the
equestrian status of Louis XIV., and the inscription, " To all the
Glories of France." At the entrance of the palace we were placed
under the care of a conductor, and shown through a portion of the
splendid suites of rooms with polished oak floors and elaborately
painted ceilings, containing colossal pictures of battles and sieges,
portraits of kings and queens, and pictures of all the most remarkable
historic events of the country ; we saw the chamber of Louis XIV.,
with its canopy and counterpane of ancient tapestry, and wandered
through the extensive grounds and orangery, where

" Delicious gardens hang ; green galleries
And marble terraces in many a flight
Wildering, enchanting ; and above them all
A palace "

When we had gazed at all these objects until we could gaze no more'
we resumed our ride, and passed out of Versailles by a barriere
similar to that by which we entered. A few miles' riding, and we
were driven to the shelter of some trees and our mackintoshes by a
heavy storm of rain. Here we learned from some workmen, belated
like ourselves, that we had mistaken the road, and were directed up
a sort of narrow gorge overhung by briars. We encountered several
boards at intervals with the words " Terrain Militaire-Interdite au
Public " painted on them. Disregarding these, we pushed on, and
suddenly came out on a level plateau, with the green slopes and
parallels of Fort St. Cyr uncomfortably near. Here the road was
rideable, so, mounting, we made off across the common, and in a
few minutes found ourselves on the right way for Houdan ; a great
part of this road was paved, being the most awkward piece, of any
extent, we met with in France. It was nearly dusk when we reached
Houdan (which is little better than a village) —

" Eemote, unfriended, melancholy, slow 1"
In the hotel yard there was a gentleman who was quite in ecstacies
at our arrival ; he admired, examined, and eulogised our machines,
at the same time gesticulating in such a violent manner that it was
painful to witness him. However, when he had exhausted all his
questions (some of which were enquiries as to Terront, Laumaille, &c),
and we had told him from whence we came and whither we were
going, the paroxysm passed off, and he cooled down. At this hotel,
as at Paris, we had to fill up for the landlord, on behalf of the police,
a paper stating our names, occupation, abode, where we stopped the
previous night, and our destination. We ascended to our rooms by
an exterior staircase in the large yard. Our host also acted as if
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contempt for modern improvements by making out our bill in
unintelligible characters, and then " pouncing " the paper with the
pepper-box. (Distance, 39 miles).

Bernay, Sept. 13. — We glanced into the old but unpretentious
church at Houdan before starting. A priest with a large red cross
on the back of his white surplice, attended by two mites of acolytes
in scarlet vestments, covered with tawdry lace, was holding an early
service. The congregation consisted of three old women and our-
selves ! We speedily cleared the town, and eleven miles brought us
to Dreux, a picturesque place ; the main street runs up a steep hillr
on the side of which cluster the houses and cottages, rising in
terraces one above the other, and crowned at the summit by the
sturdy and well-preserved castle —

. . . . " Kenowned of old,
For knights and squires and barons bold."

From Dreux we made for Nonancourt, in the Department of Eurer
the hedgeless road often being as straight as a line for miles together,
and the usual row of trees on either side, planted ten yards apart,
making the prospect ahead uninviting and monotonous. The chief
crops we saw were turnips, mangolds, beetroot, potatoes, and Indian
corn, the leaves of which are constantly cut for cattle food ; the corn
had been gathered-in several weeks back. To the travellers and the
peasants at work, ourselves and machines seemed to afford the most
unbounded wonder, and at times we were literally transfixed with
eyes, and gazed at as long as we remained in sight. At Tilleries, a
small plaoe, we arrived in time for table d'hote dejeuner, after which,.
as we could not find anything else of interest, we entered the old
church by the Norman doorway, and were rewarded by the sight of
a fine piece of work in the chancel arch, which is elaborately
embossed in low and high relief.

" From the arched roof
Pendent by subtle magic."
Continuing our cruise we came to Verneuil ; the tower of the church,
300 feet high, makes a conspicuous landmark for miles around it.
The wind being very strong, and in our faces, retarded progress, so
after a look at the map we decided to turn off at a right angle and
go " across country," and we were soon bowling along in fine style,
and passing the kilometre stones in rapid succession. There was
nothing remarkable along this route except the large quantity of
mistletoe which grew on the apple trees in great abundance. At
Breteuil, feeling provoked by the demon of thirst, we dismounted for
a few minutes at a cafe, where little green tables were snugly en-
sconced between the lace curtains of the open windows. At Conches
we again halted to perform the necessary operation of an " oil up,"
during which a solemn-visaged old man walked across the road and
took the diameter of one of the wheels, gravely returning without a
word. Our way, now, lay down hill for several miles, and we con-
tinued to " chase the rolling circles speed " through several pretty

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villages until we came to Beaumont, a town situated under a cliff,
with the river Rille running by several mills, and some of the queerest
wooden erections, doing duty for houses, we ever met with. Dark-
ness had almost descended before we left Beaumont for Bernay, nine
miles off. The road lay by the river Charentonne, a pretty tributary
of the Rille, and at last we saw the gleam of lights through the mist,
and shortly after entered Bernay, which was undergoing a military
occupation, bugles were sounding, and the red-trousered soldiery
hurrying in all directions. We stayed at the Hotel de la France,
and sat down to the usual table d'hote dinner, consisting of several
courses with all the needful etceteras, excepting that one knife and
fork generally had to do duty throughout the repast. (69 miles.)
(To be concluded in our next.)

Girls and Bicycles. — Minnie Madden and Grace Crary, Illinois
girls of 18 and 19, are making a tour of the West on bicycles.
They started early in the fall, and when cold weather set in at the
North they had reached Texas. They are not doing it for show
purposes, but for health and diversion. A man servant attends them,
and they carry a small quantity of baggage, their trunks being sent
ahead by express. They intend to cross the country to Florida by
spring, and then move up along the coast. — Detroit Free Press.

The BUSY SEASON." Result of leaving orders till after Easter.
' What ! bin waiting six months for your I And that rash boy took a seat —
Werry busy time now, sir ; take a | and tho' he has merged from youth

machine

Beat, sir. It '11" be n<
you, Bir.

'arf an hour I | to manhood he still sits there" wait-
ing, waiting.

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>zram"j

The word " 'bus," as applied to double tricycles, and which was
coined by our weekly contemporary, the " pushing pennorth," has-
now received the hall mark of approval, having been used by Mr. R.
H. H. R., who recently referred in print to the " Belsize 'bus." By-
the-bye, the B.B.C. were not happy at their old quarters, the Abercorn.
Arms, last month.

Mr. E. W. Chapman, having given up riding as captain of the
Beaufort, has, very appropriately, been presented with a silver-headed
walking stick. There may be a good many "sticks" amongst
bicycle clubmen, but there are very few silver-headed ones, biking
being eminently a pastime for youth. Of course E. W. C. is no
stick.

"What must be, must!" And so Messrs. Clarke and "Willy
Montrose," of the Chelsea, assisted by Mr. Cawnpore Hance, as-
showman, gave a representation of Jumbo at the recent soiree dansante
oftheC.B.C.

The City Rovers gave another of their " socials " atChing's Hotel,
The Grove, Double Gates, Merton, on Saturday, the 25th ultimo.
H. C. has a rare good room for " socials " and teas, and. his victuals
" is good" and his prices low.

Everybody was more or less " Dank " after the City of London
ball, but it was with perspiration, induced by the spirited strains of
Dan Godfrey's band, which permeated the large hall at Cannon
Street Hotel on the 15th ultimo.

The Crown B.C., of Brixton, has become the Gainsborough B.C.
As the uniform of the new club is blue, the members will, no doubt,
be known in future as the " Gainsborough blue boys."

There's some "hope" for the Southern division of the Lombard,
as they have now head-quarters at The Hope Tavern, Wandsworth
Common, and Mr. F. T. Shirley as captain.

Maddox's joke, re the one member of the Nuremberg B.C. who
recently rode to Barnet and tea'd with other clubs, made us think
another new club had been added to the metropolitan list, till we
r-nembered that C. R. M. had toured abroad.

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The West Manchester opened their season on the 4th ultimo, and
had tea at the The Angel, at Knutsford, Cheshire. We hope for
digestion's sake they had not " nuts for't."

Mr. A. E. Oram, who sings B. R. O. W. N. so bewitchingly, and
who has given up a captaincy in the Lewisham for a lieutenancy in
the volunteers, has just had a well earned testimonial presented to
him by his club.

The Templars had a paper-chase one wet Saturday last month,
when " Nick" and Wellington — not the Surrey Duke — were the hares,
and were " collared" by Nolly Hawkes, ol the Stanley, in 45 minutes.
This is a first on record for any hawks to swoop down on two hires
at once.

A distinguished member of the Weymouth B.C. was a visitor at
the recent Stanley Show, and it is worthy of remark that George
Dominy (whom we should have liked to have seen again) considers
the bicycle has now reached its highest point of perfection.

Mr P. J. Mackinlay, captain of the Beckenham, has long been a
well-known figure in Metropolitan wheel circles, and we are sorry
that he has been obliged to resign. Mr. Mackinlay, senior, takes as
much interest in wheel matters as his son, and as both the new
captain and new hon. sec. of the Beckenham are brothers — the
Messrs. Neely — there is evidently a strong family feeling for wheel-
ing amongst the B.B.C.

City Rovers — jockey caps ; Albion — jockey caps ; Hermits — jockey
caps ! The polo will soon be a thing of the past, and the genial
"rough" who now cries " Archer up" when he sees a jockey cap
will have enough to do. We must be in the fashion, and make
tracks for Withers's in Cheapside.

Men like going to the " Cri.,'' everybody knows. But so do some
men like the name for bicycling clubs. There is one at Woolwich ;
there is one at Birmingham ; there was one at Highgate. Now
another " Criterion" has sprung up at Hackney in the shape of the
C.A.C., which has a 'cycling branch. A. Barnes is captain. Good
club for storing tricycles, evidently.

The Zephyrs have taken " time by the forelock," which in this
case means the Coffee Room at the King's Arms, Hampton Court,
which they have secured for their friends to view the H.C. Meet from,
and afterwards to " T." in.

The Temple have settled their runs right through the season, and
general meets will take place on April 29th to Sunbury ; June 3rd to
Stanmore ; July 1st to Ripley ; July 29th to Elstree ; August 26th
to Merstham ; and September 30th to Hampton Court.

We notice that the Sunday runs of a Metropolitan club are still
kept up, and officially reproduced in print. As we have previously
said, we are not very particular, but, as Sir Joseph Porter said, the
line must be drawn somewhere.

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HOW THE WHEEL WORLD WAGS.

F any reliance may be placed upon old saws, next May will
be a singularly cold month, and we may get down our
skates, which have been so long disused, and prepare for
evolutions upon the outside edge in the Merrie Month.
"How do I make that out ? " Why, simply by means of a saying
which my " Dictionary of Proverbs " contains, to the effect, " So
many mists in March, so many frosts in May ; " the past month
having been signalised by a number of mists, the conclusion is
unavoidable that May will be very frosty.

Fortunately for us, weather folk-lore generally goes by contrary,
and the mists which have prevailed are now-a-days held by scientists
to signify much different prospects than that indicated by the super-
stition, and the mildest winter that most of us can remember has
been succeeded by such lovely weather at the advent of spring, that
the mists offer no excuse for grumbling, but can be reasonably for-
gotten in consideration of the material benefits of fine bright days,
with dry and smooth roads, which counterbalance what little discom-
fort the fog has occasionally brought us.

The event which I must first place on record occurred in time to
be commented upon last month, but cogent reasons led me to defer
commenting upon the "Anchorites' Traynnerraisse" until further
developments had taken place. The idea of holding invitation bicycle
races by means of the apparatus called the Home Trainer had been
mooted for some months before the Hermits arranged to set the ball
rolling, and the result of the race held at the Three Nuns, Aldgate,
bn the 16th February, supplemented by the race which formed one of
the items on the programme at the Canonbury Assault-at-Arms on
the 25th, led to an impression gaining confirmation that such events
should be rendered more closely similar to actual bicycle races, by a
slight alteration in the construction of the machines used, so that,
instead of the race being merely a test of fast pedalling ability, it
would be a test of staying power against resistance as well. Had
there been an uniform degree of resistance on each of the Trainers
used, so that the force required to make the wheels revolve would be
.commensurate with that necessary to drive a racing bicycle, the
Hermits' race would have been won by a man who was third in his
heat, and the Canonbury race would have fallen an easy victory to
the amateur champion, whose time when merely pedalling fast,
without any resistance to overcome, was very poor indeed.
, Since the results of these novel contests have been published,
.some ingenious youth has made the startling discover)' that a Trainer
can be extemporised by ungearing the treadles of a tricycle, and
placing a brake on them. The idea which, most probably, occurred
to 9,999 out of the 10,000 readers of the " pushing pennorth," upon
perusing this simple and ingenious little dodge, was comprised in the
.one expressive term " dead-centre ! " What does the inventor of

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the extemporised Trainer suppose the use of a heavy wheel is, on
the patent machine, if not to overcome, by the centrifugal force of
its rotation, the tendency of the treadles to stop dead at the con-
clusion of every stroke ?

The conclusion of the winter season was signalised by the City of
London ball on March 15th, the measure of success attending which
spoke eloquently in favour of the pre-eminence which terpsichorean
exercise obtains amongst city wheelmen ; and, as a sort of post-
script, the Anchorites so far broke through the traditions of their
league as to hold a ball on the 17th. These two being respectively
the 28th and 29th dances in connection with bicycle clubs which I
attended during the season, give me a claim to authority, when I
say that clubs desiring to improve their status and the characters of
their members, cannot do better than make a feature of dancing
during the off-season, whilst clubs of the 'Arry persuasion, whose
aim is to debase their members to the level of music-hall cads, have
nothing to do towards that object beyond organising " socials."
Those people who have endeavoured to abolish, or at least improve
the class, of the so-called " socials," have been taunted with ridicu-
lously groundless accusations of Salvation-Armyism ; but after a
winter in which the " social " mania has had full swing, and has been
discussed in all circles, the result is incontestible when we look at
the effects of blueness of various kinds which follows in the train
of smoking-concertism.

The Royal sport of tricycling is everywhere receiving increased
recognition ; and to judge by the eagerness with which bicycle
clubs are opening their ranks to the three-wheelers, there will be no
necessity for special three- wheel clubs being formed, except in very
isolated situations or under very unusual circumstances. The
amalgamation of the T.A. with the B.U. set the fashion of bikes
joining trikes, and all the most enthusiastic fellows in the bike clubs
seem bent upon taking to the three-wheeler, which was erewhile so
despised by votaries of the " lordly " bicycle; although, according
to a correspondent of the " essentially correspondential paper," the
two classes of machines are not to ride together at Hampton Court,
because of the danger of the " lordly " bicyclists tumbling into the
" masses of machinery which go to form tricycles." Carry me out 1

The above was written, and sent to Coventry, a week before I
take up my pen to conclude my monthly task, and an unusually bad
memory just now leads to a complicated state of doubt and uncer-
tainty as to what I have said already ; as it is pretty safe to be utter
rubbish, however — (True, true! — Ed. " W. W.") — which nobody
has read — (Excepting our unhappy self. — Ed. " W.W.") — it will not
matter whether I repeat anything now — (We'll look after that. — Ed..
<'W. W.").

To resume, then. The weather — (We have deleted three-and-a-
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The " Social" season has — (You said all about that before. — Ed.
** W. W.").

Now that spring is upon us, and the last club ball — (Yes, yes ;
that is all in type.— Ed. " W. W.").

Three law cases are reported — (Ah ! now you are getting to work
■on something wholesome and nourishing. — Ed. " WW.")— already,
and the prospects for the coming season's campaign in the police
courts are consequently roseate in the extreme. Foothpath-riding
was the delinquency in two cases, and an. omnibus being furiously
■driven into a tricycle the casus belli in the other. Following the
Hibernian procedure of taking the last case first, it appears that
■a sportive 'bus man, doubtless elated by having backed a winner at
Doncaster racecourse, was desirous of his vehicle emulating the
speed of the gee-gees which had enabled him to extract the book-
manufacturial shekels, and, in the course of his wild career along the
public highway, he had the misfortune to smash a tricycle which had
the impudence to exist in the neighbourhood ; the ultimate result
being his appearance before the shrine of Justice, before quitting
which the sum of 20s., in addition to 42s. costs, was transferred from
the gay 'busman's pockets to the treasury of the court. Point No. 1
scored to wheelman. At Warrington, a blue-coated guardian of the
peace was under the impression that his position gave him power to
upset a bicyclist, who was riding on the path, by inserting a stick
between the rider's spokes. The immediate result of this was that
the cyclist made a closer acquaintance with the path than he desired,
and the ultimate upshot of the little encounter consisted in the bobby
being called upon to pay damages to the tune of 48s. Point No. 2
scored by cyclist. Mr. Paget being absent from the bench at Wands-
worth police-court, a Croydonian youth, who had been detected
riding on the footpath, escaped by paying onby a fine of " half a
dollar," the smallness of that sum being attributed by the magistrate,
Mr. Marsham, to the circumstance that the offence was merely a
technical one, there being no people about at the time ; had the
immortal P. been on the bench 37/6 extra would have been the cost
■of that Sunday morning's trundle along the footway.

Stands Scotland where it did ? Yea, verily, it does ; and what is
more, Scotland's best racing path is still in existence, notwith-
standing the report which was circulated last year as to the
Corporation of Edinburgh requiring the site of Powderhall Grounds.
But no more will Powderhall be the scene of the triumphs of D. D.
Bryson,who ate a farewell dinner which his admirers in Auld Reekie
stood him, and came to London, where Metropolitan cracks will be
sorry, and Metropolitan pot-hunters will be glad, to hear he is not
.going in for racing.

The enthusiastic manner in which clubs are becoming affiliated
with the Union suggests forcibly the truism that nothing succeeds
like success, and now that such a club as the Wanderers has cast in
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manency of the B.U.'s existence, whilst such of us as have stood to
the colours from the first may look back with pardonable pride upon
the fact, just in the same way as we can take to ourselves credit
upon exhibiting the low number of our B.T.C. tickets, indicating
that we joined the Touring Club when a membership of 500 was
looked forward to as a possibility of the future, when the unpaid
scribe who changed his residence once in every three weeks was con-
stantly reading us a lesson in patience, and when anybody who
vaticinated that the club would possess over 4,000 members in 1881
would have been looked upon as a fit inmate for Hanwood or
Earlswell.

Easter Monday will inaugurate the usual series of handicaps at
local sports all over the country, and the vexed question of the fair-
ness or otherwise of the weights allotted will form a theme for a
large quantity of heated discussion. The pages of the weekly papers
will thereafter assume their normal summer appearance of being
replete with reports which nobody reads except the winners.

Brighton being disappointed of its usual Volunteer review, is to
be consoled by the gathering of wheelmen in procession, followed by
races at which some dark 'uns will shew up. Tynemouth is to be
the happy scene of a meet on the same day ; and the town of
Eyenowear will be en fete on account of the visit which will be paid
to it by " Axis."

CONCERNING A FIRST-VERSE POET.

IS bicycle was placed against a gate, and he himself was
seated upon the grass by the road-side, under a hedge
thick with wild roses, when I came upon him. He was
smoking a pipe contemplatively. " Good day," said he.
" Good day," said I, and paused, for the morning was hot, and I
had just pushed my machine up a long and rough Devonshire hill ;
which exercise is productive of moisture, and a desire for something
cooling for the throat.

"You find it warm?" he asked. "So do I; therefore, I am
taking life easily, as you may see. Won't you, too, lie along for a
while, and have a rest, with — if you are a smoker — a pleasing pipe
also ?"

For answer I ran my bicycle into the hedge, placed my wearied
frame in a comfortable position by his side, and " lit up."

He was, apparently, about forty years old. He was also short,.
and inclined to stoutness ; his face was an ugly one, but of an
ugliness rather pleasant than otherwise, while his eye (he had but
one) seemed to swim with kindly good-feeling and fun — altogether*
he appeared to be somewhat of a character.

" You may be surprised at me," he continued, "for so freely forcing
myself, as it were, upon you. You must forgive me, for it is a little
way I have."

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I murmured something about " being charmed."

" Whenever I see a man I want to speak to him — which is awkward
at times, and particularly so in crowded streets. I am so fond of
people ! It's my nature, I suppose. I am a poet, you know ; that
is to say, a kind of poet. My name is Spratling — Scones Spratling.
But, of course, you have not heard of me."

I had not, so could only make answer that I was sorry — nay,
ashamed — to say that I had never, during much-varied reading, come
across a volume of his poems.

He laughed lightly. " Of course, you haven't. The reason is
simple ; I have never published one. The fact is, I am a queer sort
of poet ! So queer that I never shall publish, I'm afraid."

" How is that?" said I. " Do you dislike the idea of the notoriety
it might bring you ?"

" No, that is not it at all. To speak plainly, I am a most un-
fortunate individual. The reason is this — I seldom, if ever, get
beyond the first verse."

" I don't quite understand," said I.

" Look here !" he replied, holding up a fat note-book. " You see
this ? Well, it is full, quite full, of beginnings of poems — most of
them no more than first-verses. I cannot explain it, but all the
same, it is true, that I cannot, as a rule, get as far as the second
verse. It is in me, I suppose — or, rather, it isn't in me. I am
always thinking of subjects fit for poetry, and shaping them in my
head ; sometimes I am at it all day long, and experience not the
slightest difficulty with the first verse ; indeed, I generally dash it
down without hesitation. But while I am hammering away at the
second, off it all goes of a sudden, and I find myself thinking of
what I shall write about next."

" How very odd !" was all I could say.

" Is not it ! It vexes me at times, but, of course, some day I
mean to make a stupendous effort and finish them all off — and then 1
May I read you a few extracts, if it won't bore you ? You are very
kind." He rapidly turned over some pages of his book. "Here is
the beginning of a short poem, which I call ' The Learner's -
Lament.' It is a description of the agonies endured by a man,
while learning to ride a bicycle : —

" It's all very well for you men who can ride,

Who gaze on your steed with such pleasure and pride,

To sing in its praises all day ;
But a youth who to ride well is yearning,
And cannot get over the learning,

Can only chant forth a sad lay."
" There it stops, without, as you see, doing more than to hint at the
kind of thing to follow. I had a good idea of the whole of it in my
head, too. It seems a pity that I could not go on with it, doesn't it?
for I flatter myself that it is not so bad for a preliminary verse.
Now, here's another of a peculiar kind, and actually got as far as
the second verse, too, which is a thing I do not often do. It is

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peculiar because, although it has got to so great a length for me,

yet I have not got the principal verb in. That was to have come

later on : —

" A twitter of swallows, nest-building under the eaves,

The glorious whisper, that plays mid the gold-green leaves —
The bright scattered sun-rays, lighting up dew-covered turf —
A lone, sea-girdled rock, worn by the swirl of the surf.

" The babble of brooklet, while racing from bridge to bridge —
The sound of the cold sea, rushing from smooth-pebbled ridge,
A gleam of white lilies, on still lake guarded by trees,
The red-and-gold beech-leaves, carried along by the breeze.
" And there it ends. My idea was to have three or four more
verses made up of this kind of sentence, and then, in the last one,
to say that all these things might be very nice — and all that sort of
thing — but were not to be compared with — I forget what, now ; it
may have been bicycling, for aught I know."

" It seems a pity that you did not finish it," said I, getting
strangely interested in this out-of-the-ordinary-run poet. " Pray go
on, if it does not tire you;" whereupon I lit a second pipe, and
sank back once more upon the soft turf."

" You are very kind,'' he answered. " I am always charmed to
meet a man with an appreciative soul for poetry. Here is the com-
mencement of what I intended should be the description of a long
tour I once made : —

" When gazing at my bicycle one day,
I felt at home I could no longer stay,
But must set off for some far distant shore,
Where fish are lulled to sleep by wild waves' roar ;
Or ramble through green lanes, with hayfields sweet,
Where festive donkeys bray, and lambkins bleat.
So, when the guide-books I had studied well,
And in a knapsack crammed my things pell-mell,
At break of day my prancing steed I saddled,
Said ' farewell' to my friends — and then skedaddled.
" You see, I never got as far as my adventures during that
happy fortnight. Perhaps I shall some day. Here is one in what
I call the ' exclamatory ' style — a style that has been used with
great effect by Bret Harte : —

" Hullo ! Jack ! you down here ! how d'ye do ?

Have you got room for one on that seat ?
You are looking quite strong — and so brown, too !

Ain't it strange that again we should meet ?
" Come, give me a grip of your hand, man ?

Then you've quite got over your fall ?
That's right ! I'm delighted to hear it ! —

Who's that, sitting there on the wall ?

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" You will observe that I got as far as the second verse.
Another of my rare, and happy, occasions ! I have not the smallest
idea what it was to have been about. Am I not a curiosity?"

" It is a great shame," I replied. " What a lot the world loses
through your want of finish !"

" Doesn't it !" said he, laughing, and turning over the pages ot
his book. "I feel quite sorry for it at times. But what can I
do ? I find it impossible to get any further."
" You might go further."

" And write worse, eh ? Well, it cannot be helped, so I must
make the best of a bad job. Here is the beginning of a transla-
tion of one of the odes of Horace. I have always been fond of
Horace. He understood the art of lying about in cool places in the
summer time, and felt the charm of the blackbird's note, and the
softness of young willow-buds. It is the thirty-eighth of the first
book, the shortest he ever wrote — only eight lines ; and I could not
finish it ! —

li My boy, all Persian elegance scorn ! —

Linden-bark wreaths my brows shall ne'er adorn ;
Seek not the spot where, late in season, blows,
With blushing petals, the sweet-scented rose.
Come ! labour not to add one flow'ret more
To simple myrtle, often used before.

Let myrtle

" And there it stops. Again, I began the first ode, ' Maecenas
atairs — ' All schoolboys know it. I only wrote two lines, though ;
it was to have been in blank verse.

" Maecenas, sprung from line of mighty kings,
Patron and glory sweet of my poor muse."
" Sunt quos curriculo pulverem Olympicum" I. quoted.
" Yes ; that's how it goes on. But I could not manage it, although
I knew the Latin by heart. My next is called 'The Club Run,'
and begins : —

" We had a splendid run last week —

To Enfield we all wended,
And did great justice to the tea —
(The George is recommended).
"What beyond this happened to the bold riders remains, at pre-
sent, untold."

"The pity of it!" I murmured. " Please go on."
" Here we have the ' Lamentation of the Artist.' I am great
at laments : —

" My heart is full of mighty sorrow,
So from my colour-box I'll borrow
Some turps, and drown myself to-morrow —

All for the false one !
" Who the false one was, and why she was false, I must lease to
your imagination, for I don't know myself. Next, I find the first lines
of what was to have been a rhyming letter. I will read it to you : —

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" Dear Jack. I've sent by post to you a badly-printed paper,

In which my muse is wont to cut its very feeble caper.

Don't laugh too much at my bad rhymes, bad grammar, and worse

metre,
For true the moral is, e'en though the language might be sweeter.

So don't turn up

" That is all ! It was probably his nose he was not to turn up.
It is quite fictitious. I never have had a poem printed, be it ever so
badly. Are you tired ?"
" Not at all."

" Here is nry greatest achievement. It is the only time in my life
that I ever got as far as four verses. It is wonderful for me, and, I
am sorry to say, is not likely to happen again. I call it ' The Wail
of the Market Gardener ': —

" Purple cabbage I love, when made into pickle,
But Betsy don't love me, and never will do so.
Mon chon-fleur ! my cabbage ! oh ! why, why are you so

Fickle ?
The bright orange-red of a carrot is splendid,
But thoughts of your fair locks my heart in twain sever.
Why did you accept, when to wed me you never

At smell of an onion my heart maketh merry ;
Its odour is constant, it makes one's nose tickle :
But you are inconstant, untrue, false and fickle,

Intended ?

Very !

No colour's so fine as the beet-root's deep ruby ;
But on your two red lips no kisses you'll suffer —
You spurn me, and think me an idiot, duffer,

And booby !
" There ! it might almost stand as it is, and be called a finished
poem. There is little more left for the poor man to say. It is my
master-piece. The only time I ever approached completeness !" and
he sighed heavily.

" I wish I could help you," said I. '' It is so heart-rending to
have one's efforts nipped, as it were, in the bud."

" Thank you. My next is an imitation of Wordsworth. It is not
good, and is called ' My Bicycle ': —

" My bicycle is made of steel,
And has one large, and one small wheel —
The small wheel runs behind —
With spring and saddle all complete,
The pedals, where you place your feet,
Most useful things I find.
" Here we have the beginning of a poem, with a refrain, about a
man of science : —

" I am a scientific man,

Barometer, thermometer !

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I've studied everything I can,

Thermometer, barometer !
I've burnt my fingers many a time

Oh ! acids, and oh ! alkalis !
Therefore I am compelled to rhyme
Oh ! alkalis and acids !
" It is unsatisfactory, to say the least. But to continue — here
are two of the funniest things I ever tried to do. The first was in-
tended for a political ode, against a Conservative who was contesting
my native borough. But — I cannot help laughing — I only wrote the last
verse. Never heard of such a thing before, did you, eh ? This is it: —
" In common vernacular " You're not the cheese,"
Your presence will only cause evil.
The Tories may give you their votes if they please,

I'd rather give mine to the d 1.

" Rather strong, and was not it a funny thing to do ? The other,
just as absurd of me, was when I was striving to write some
nonsense-verses, after the manner of Lewis Carroll and Edward
Lear, and I only did the middle one. Ha ! ha ! I couldn't manage
the rest of them at all. You may like to hear it : —

" He met with a semi-implacable spider,

In trousers of bibulous blue,
With a keg of best Devonshire cider,
Wrapped up in a drawing-room flue."'
He shut his book with a bang. " There, that is enough. You must
be heartily sick of all my rubbish. I hope I have not bored- you to
death."

" On the contrary," said I, " I have enjoyed it all exceedingly.
I only wish that you would try and finish some of them, and then
let me hear you read them."

" Some day perhaps I may," he replied, with a far-away expres-
sion in his eye. " Who knows what may happen in the future ?
The power of finishing may come to me some day. I hope, indeed,

that it will, for I feel . But, thank you for bearing with me

while I babbled along. Enough of poetry ! What a lovely day it is !
And is not Devonshire a glorious county ! Do you like their cream ?"
So we chatted away for a good half hour longer, about all subjects
under the sun. I felt strangely drawn to him, I now not why ; per-
haps it was his way of looking at men and things, for he talked about
them in such a joyous, loving manner, that he gave one the idea that
simply to live was an exquisite pleasure to him — to live and look
about him, and write his first verses, or, if he was in a very quaint
mood, a last one.

When I rose to go, he shook my hand as if I were the dearest triend
he had on earth, and was profuse in his good wishes and thanks for
spending an hour of my holiday with him. As I reached the bend of
the road, I looked back before mounting my dusty steed, and saw
that he had his note book open on his knee, and a pencil in his hand.
He was evidently jotting down a first verse about me, and so may we
leave him writing! " Bab Yardley."

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The Chard men had their annual meeting at the Crown Hotel.
Chard, on March 9, under the presidency of Mr. House. The hon,
sec. presented his report, which showed a favourable balance in the
hands of the treasurer. The club is captained by Mr. W. B. House,
and the official pen is wielded by Mr. Prentice. The captain in-
timated his intention of offering a prize, value one guinea, to the
member who attends the greatest number of meets during the season.

Mr. Knight again commands the Wells, and Mr. Berdall suc-
ceeds Mr. Harte as hon. sec. The members recently presented the
captain with his portrait, as a token of appreciation of" his services
in connection with the club since its formation.

Arrangements are in progress for a meet of the Dorchester, Sher-
borne, and Yeovil clubs at Minterne on Easter Monday, when it is
intended to erect a Danger Board on Revels Hill and Lionsgate Hill ;
to be followed by a social evening at Cerne.

Mr. Freeman succeeds Mr. Young as captain of the Dorchester
B.C., whilst Mr. Case has the honour of driving the club quill.

Mr. L. Goodman again commands the Sherborne, whilst the bard
having sternly declined the honours of office, Mr. C. C. Read occu-
pies his place as hon. sec. Mr. Lovelace has been elected sub-
captain. The Sherburnians, deciding to follow this season's rage,
have gone in for jockey caps.

The Shaftesbury now boast, from a numerical point, to be the
second club in Dorset. " Spanks, Junr."

A man once invented a machine to peel a bushel of potatoes in two
minutes. It was a good machine, and did all that was claimed for it.
But when he tried to find a market, he learned that nobody wanted to
peel a bushel of potatoes in two minutes. I have talked with a man
who wants to go at the rate of fifty miles an hour on a bicycle. He
was in the Danvers Insane Asylum — Bicycling World, Feb. 22.

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^TOTTINLGS FROM TOE
el m :i?MEMLD JSLE

Judging from the present fine weather, the prospects for the season
look well, and good records on the road may be looked forward to.
Racing commences the season in the North on the 8th and ioth,
and if the weather only keeps the smiling side of its face towards us,
good racing and a successful meeting for the Ulster C.C. will be the
result.

Clubs are wonderfully on the increase in Dublin, more especially
on the North side ; no less than four now exist where hitherto one
was deemed sufficient. I do believe that the cause of this multi-
plicity proceeds from individuals for personal aggrandisement ;
evidently the promoters of the majority of new clubs believe that it
is better to divide et impera. At the commencement of last season
there were but five clubs. in Dublin, and they — well, not particularly
well supported ; now there are eleven ! and the cry is still they come.

The Eblana, Leinster, and Commercial Clubs are amongst the
newest arrivals.

Last year I several times mistook the Atlas B.C. for the Eglinton,
on account of both wearing the same colours, viz., blue and white.
I would suggest that the Atlas change their colours, or wear only
their silver badge, and so make either club more easily recognised
when met on the road. The Eglinton, being the senior of the two
clubs, has, of course, the best right to " stick to their colours."

On looking over the " W. W. Annual," one is certainly struck at
the paucity of Irish news contained therein. The new Scotch paper,
The Cycling Mercury, in referring to the small amount of Scotch
news in the English papers, winds up with — ■" And as for the ' King-
dom,' it has been entirely neglected." Now I quite agree with this
observation, and reference to the " W. W. Annual " bears me out.
For in the first place no mention is made of the General Irish
Bicycle Meet ; secondly, the Fifty Miles Road Championship of
Ireland is not alluded to ; and thirdly, two important clubs are
omitted, viz., the Northern B.C. (Belfast) and the Dublin University
B.C. Then, again, I notice the Eglinton B.C. information is very

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incorrect. [Faults of their hon. sees, in not sending information.
— Ed.] On the other hand, I must confess that for English
wheelmen it is the best shillings -worth that could be invested in, the
roads and distances from London being alone worth the money.

Easter Saturday and Monday are the days fixed for the Ulster
C.C. Athletic Sports. It will be remembered that the course last
year was very loose in certain parts, and another thing that will
certainly be remembered in connection with last year's sports is the
lenient manner with which the strangers were " thrown in " for the
prizes by the handicapping committee. Some improvement is
-urgently required in both of these particulars. The entries are ex-
pected to be very numerous for the bicycle events.

" Athcliath."

STRETCHES OF I M AG I NATION.

By Tiianambungo, Raleigh B.C.

I.— J*r*ge L**y H*l*i*r»

Suppose him, if you can,

An awfully slow young man,
A soft molly-coddling, nervously toddling,

Stick-at-a-hill young man.

Not a " Surbiton dash " young man,

A record-to-smash young man,
A put-down-the-pedals-and-collar-the-medals

Chin-on-the-rubber young man.
II.— J**n P*g*t-

Suppose him, if you can,

The '82 Am. Cham !*
And fighting for zealously, guarding then jealously

The right to ride fast as you can.

Not a bogey-like frightful old man,
A nervous and spiteful old man,
An awfully rusty, and gusty and crusty
Forty-and-costs old man.

"Never mind the rhyme, or the absence of it, Mr. Editor, the idea's too tremendous for
such petty considerations.— T.

Hollow ay' s Pills.— Teachings of Experience.— The united testimony of thousands,
extending over more than forty years, most strongly recommends these Pills as the best
purifiers, the mildest aperients, and the surest restoratives. They never prove delusive, or
give merely temporary relief, but attack all ailments of the stomach, lungs, heart, head, and
bowels, in the only safe and legitimate way, by depurating the blood, and so eradicating
those impurities which are the source and constituent of almost every disease. Their
medicinal efficacy is wonderful in renovating enfeebled constitutions. Their action embraces
all that is desirable in a 1 ousehold medicine. They expel every noxious and effete matter
and thus the strength is nurtured and the energies stimulated.— Adtt.

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FORMATION OF AN AUSTRALIAN CYCLISTS UNION.

/Special Report, from " The Bicycle.'' ' )

On Monday, the 6th February, a meeting was held at the Oriental
Hotel, Collins Street East, of delegates from various clubs for the
purpose of forming a Bicycle Union, on a basis of a similar institution
founded in England.

J. A. K. Clarke (capt.) and H. C. Bagot represented the Melbourne
B.C. ; R. Fergusson, Albert ; T. A. Edwards (capt.), E. G. Glass, and
J. Lugton, Fitzroy ; T. Manson (capt.), A. Lewis, and W, E. Adams,
Normanby ; J. Metcalfe (capt.), F. B. Valentine, and F. J. Empson,
Fernside ; H. J. Hobday, Geelong ; and Mr. W. H. Lewis, the con-
venor of the meeting, was also present.

Mr. W. H. Lewis was voted to the chair.

The Chairman stated that previous to his having convened the
meeting he had written to the South Australian, Hobart, Sandhurst,
Camperdown, and Castlemaine B.C's., and had received replies from
each in favour of establishing the Union. He had also written to the
Sydney B.C., and their secretary had informed him that the matter
was under the club's consideration. He said that he had called the
delegates together in order that they might draw up rules for the
guidance of the Union. The Melbourne B.C. consider the move-
ment somewhat premature, and that it would not be a financial
success, and for these reasons they declined to join in the movement.
He had gone thoroughly into the matter, and reckoning on 200 mem-
bers at a capitation fee of 2s. would bring into the Union's fund £"20,
and that amount would be ample to cover the expenses of the first
year. The chief objects of the Union were, to promote good fellow-
ship amongst the wheelmen, to encourage racing, and to improve
handicapping. The first thing to consider was — Should a Union be
formed ? and if so, under what name ?

Mr. Empson then proposed that a Union should be established*
and the Chairman seconded the proposition. Carried. Messrs-
Clarke and Bagot being the only dissentients.

Mr. Bagot then stated that the Melbourne would go with the
majority.

The Chairman moved that the Union be called " The Australian
Bicycle Union."

Mr. Empson seconded the motion, and in doing so desired to make
a few remarks. He said the expense of which so much was feared
resolved itself into a very small matter. There were a number of
useful things and reformations that the Union could effect without
any expenditure whatever, viz., that of arranging uniform rules as to
road riding for the guidance of all clubs, also racing rules. The only
racing rules we had in force here were those of the M.B.C., and as
they were adopted from the B.U. (Eng.), the Fernside Club intended
running their races under them ; also electing a recognised handi-

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capper. One suitable man should be chosen, and this person should
study the performances of the riders of every club. The present
system of handicapping was totally unsatisfactory, and he thought
that either one man, or a set of men, should be chosen permanently
for the position, who would do justice to all, and show favour to none.
Another question which should be speedily settled was the amateur
and professional one, and a reduction in the present railway tariff
sought for. He also thought that information should be collected
throughout the country regarding hotels. The Union should
endeavour to procure for the members the use of one or more tracks
at much lower terms than at present charged, by joining in a body.
The Union should also arrange intercolonial contests and annual
meets. It was done at Hampton Court, and why should it not be'
done here ?

Mr. Metcalfe moved an amendment that the name of the associa-
tion be called " The Australian Cyclists Union."

Mr. Bagot said that the term " cyclists" was not understood by the
general public, and that the words " bicycling and tricycling " should
be inserted instead of" cyclists."

Mr. Edwards said that the Union should have a distinctive name*
and suggested " Australian Wheel League."

Mr. Manson, in seconding the amendment, thought the name
should be as simple as possible.

The motion and amendment were then put to the meeting, and the
latter was carried.

Mr. Metcalfe proposed, and Mr. Bagot seconded, that Mr. W. H.
Lewis should act as secretary, which was carried.

Mr. Lewis, in returning thanks for having been unanimously
elected to the position, said he would do all in his power to further
the interests of the Union, and that he thought there was a glorious
future for bicycling in this and the neighbouring colonies.
, Mr. Adams proposed, and Mr. Edwards seconded, that Mr.
Empson be elected treasurer.

Mr. Empson proposed, and Mr. Valentine seconded Mr. Bagot for
the position.

Mr. Bagot declined to be nominated.

Mr, Empson said he would have much pleasure in acting, provided
the office terminated annually.

Mr. Empson was then elected to the position.

Mr. Bagot proposed that all officers should hold office for one year,
the year to commence from the ist March next. Seconded and
carried.

Mr. Edwards moved that every club having twenty-five members
or under be entitled to have one delegate at the meetings of the Union,
and two delegates for fifty members, and one for each succeeding^
twenty-five. He thought that too many delegates would only hinder
the progress of business.

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The Chairman seconded the motion.

Mr. Manson proposed, as an amendment, and Mr. Metcalfe
seconded, that each club should send one delegate for twenty-five
members, and for any. number over twenty-five up to fifty, two repre-
sentatives, and lor every succeeding twenty-five another delegate.

Mr. Lugton spoke briefly on the matter. The amendment was
then put to the meeting and carried, Mr. Edwards and the chairman
voting against it.

Mr. Adams proposed, and Mr. Empson seconded, that a capitation
fee of 2s. 6d. be charged, and that the amount be guaranteed by each
club.

Mr. Manson said he would support the motion. It would prevent
" blowing "and exaggerating, for if a club said it had 120 members
it would have to " fork out " 120 half-crowns. Carried.

Mr. Edwards moved that a committee of three be appointed to
draw up a code of rules and submit them at the next meeting of the
delegates. He explained that the rules, as framed by this committee,
would not become law until they had been fully discussed and
approved of by the delegates.

Mr. Valentine seconded the motion, which was carried.

Mr. Metcalfe proposed that Mr. Clarke be nominated for one of the
committee.

Mr. Clarke said he was not sure whether his club would join the
Union, and must therefore decline to be nominated.

The Chairman explained that Mr. Clarke could act in his private
capacity.

Mr. Clarke said that in that case he would be glad to do so.

The following gentlemen were also nominated : — Messrs. Manson,
Empson, Fergusson, and Edwards.

A ballot was taken, resulting as follows : — Clarke, 12; Edwards
8 ; Manson, 7 ; Empson and Fergusson, 6 each.

The Chairman then declared Messrs. Clarke, Edwards, and Man-
son elected.

Mr. Empson asked, on behalf of the Fernside B.C., that the Union
would grant its patronage to that club's sports to be held on the 18th
of next month. Granted.

A special vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Hobday, the Geelong
B.C. delegate, for having travelled from Geelong in order that his
'club should be represented in person, and also to the other clubs from
whom letters expressing their willingness to join the Union had been
received.

It was arranged that the committee meeting be held on Thursday,
the 16th instant, and the general meeting of the delegates on the
following Monday.

A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings.

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MIDLAND WHISPERS.

HERE have I been all the winter ? Well, that is getting
rather inquisitive, I must say, Mr. Editor ! However, as
you must know, I have been behind the scenes a little,
taking mental notes and wondering when there would be
anything going on in that portion of the Wheel World over which I -
cast my collective eyes, of sufficient value for me to whisper about.
At last I am happy, for cycling in the Midlands has been pretty
lively the last few weeks, and I have something to scribble about.
In the first place, we're to have another jolly meet at Leamington,
for " Long Tat " hath said it, and his word is law, for does he not
command the L. & S.W.B.C., who have, by the way, got
into new togs, so will turn out swell on the occasion ! Then we
have had the Midland Exhibition at Bingley Hall. " Long Tat "
had something to do with that, too, for did he not write to the
" Pushing Pennorth " suggesting the show, and did not the energetic
Bennett and Clarke and Dawes and Davis, with the other Speed-
wellians, promptly respond to the call ? Yes, verily, and they have
held a " show " which will not be soon forgotten. Of course I went,
and now for a few words on what I saw. Well, Mr. Editor, I saw.
many things, as you may guess ; but the first I saw was George
Dawes, flying about like a wild Irishman ; he didn't see me, though.
Oh, no ! he was far too busy. Then there were the makers and
machines. Oh, what a lot ! I can't recount them all — (Haven't room
if you could. — Ed.) — so will only tell you what struck my fancy most.
Of course I went the regular way of the stands, and wasn't long be-
fore I spotted Mr. Lees's new " Facile" stop bell, and thought it
likely to " play the deuce" with all other bells. Yes, and I didn't
end by thinking, for I brought one away with me, and am not sorry.
Next I saw Mr. Thomas, that enthusiastic Midland wheelman, run-
ning an old gentleman round the hall on his new " Duplex Sociable,"
" and didn't he seem to like it ? " Yes, he did. The " Centre-cycle"
then brought me up, and whilst I was wondering at its ingenuity a
little episode occurred which struck me as singular. The inventor
was busy explaining, and, said he, " Do you know what Mr. Scott-
Russell said at Brighton ? Well, I'll tell you. He said it was the

most wonderful thing he had ever seen ; he said it ." Here

the speaker paused, for, would you believe it, there was Mr. Scott-
Russell standing by. This amused me, and I strolled on till I came
to a very wonderful thing in bicycles from Bristol. What a lot of
ingenuity is wasted here, thought I, and thinking the same of the
next thing to it — a queer arrangement of arms for keeping a fellow
up — I wandered on, when a nice old gentleman whispered, " Look
here," and I did, and beheld a new tricycle, upon which he mounted
and commenced back-pedalling, when away went the machine
straight ahead, and I thought Mr. Burdess had hit the right nail on
the head this time, and thought more so when I got on the seat
afterwards, for it was comfortable. These and many other things I

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saw, and after watching the charming young damsels trying the
tricycles in the galleries — where, by-the-bye, I saw a Stanley gallant
in close confabulation with a lady on a bicycle, and thought, verily,.
there were two Bell(e)s together — I wended my way homewards a
wiser but not a sadder man. The next thing I am going to whisper
about is the Birmingham and District 'Cyclists' Society. I hear this
body are removing their quarters from the "two-pair back" they pre-
viously occupied. This is a good move, for they are going to the
Grand — one of the best hotels in Birmingham, which is now the
head-quarters of the B.T.C. and North Warwickshire B.C.'s as well
— and where, I hear, the B. & D. C. S. are to have a large room, 60
feet long, for stowage of machines. There will be a lot doing in the
Midlands in April, and you may be sure it will come under the eye of'

" Spectator."

TALE OF A WAYSIDE INN.

A cyclist once called at a hostelrie bar,

Ri tol de lol liddle, " to moisten his clay ; "
His bonnie bright wheel he had ridden afar,
And longed for a " lubricant," how fond some are

Of " wetting their whistles," ri tol de lol lay !
Ri tol de lol liddle,
Ri tol de lol lay !
He wore a new uniform, braided and laced,

Ri tol de lol liddle, a heavy outlay ;
With a spruce scarlet sash his buglet was graced,
And helmet and gauntlets in exquisite taste,

Oh ! " he'd got 'em all on," ri tol de lol lay !

'Twas just in such weather as makes " bitter " sweet,

Ri tol de lol liddle, and Hebe an- fait
At divining what best will a cyclist's wants meet,
Proffered a " bitter," and of course a repeat,

And then yet another, ri tol de lol lay !
That Hebe was beautiful — most of them are,

Ri tol de lol liddle, so charmingly gay !
She had but one eye, but it beamed like a star,
Her spirits were far above proof, very far,

Her beer was bliss-beaded, ri tol de lol lay !
He .gulped them all down, without wink, without word,

Ri tol de lol liddle, now what could he say ?
'Twas awfully awkward, 'twas almost absurd,
Their minds were both sound, but the sounds were not heard,

Like the old lady's parrot, ri tol de lol lay !
Their wits a " wool gath'ring " had gone to begin,

Ri tol de lol liddle, afield far away,
But they found not enough a small yam to spin,

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Or even to furnish a thread very thin
For a casual chat, ri tol de lol lay !

She looked as if lost, all absorbed in sweet thought,

Ri tol de lol liddle, together stood they
Thinking intently, but thinking of nought ;
Wondering, waiting, perhaps feeling they ought

To " never say nothing," ri tol de lol lay !
He smiled, but his simper he did not prolong,

Ri tol de lol liddle, but cyclists are gay.
She sighed, but moreover her sigh was not strong,
Like a young thing protested when she'd "gone wrong,"

'Twas " only a little one," ri tol de lol lay !
They twirled their fingers, and they twiddled their thumbs

Ri tol de lol liddle, and each in a way
Appeared quite involved in prolix mental sums,
Although belike thinking, " If nobody comes,

How will it terminate ? " ri tol de lol lay !
Not e'en a remark was made on the weather,

Ri tol de lol liddle, though 'twas a fine day ;
They stood just as mum as two mummies together,
Like two little love-birds that moved not a feather,

In halcyon silence, ri tol de lol lay !
He looked at his watch ; she looked at the clock,

Ri tol de lol liddle, coincident, eh ?
Of all their surroundings took visible stock ;
There was little to charm, and little to shock,

Mem. — little impression, ri tol de lol lay !
" Silence is golden," sans 'noyance or nettle,

Ri tol de lol liddle, for words will not pay ;
And cyclists for suction also must settle,
Though money is hard, must tender the metal,

Square up with round rhino, ri tol de lol lay !
He pulle.i out his purse, selected a " tanner,"

Ri tol de lol liddle, omitting by-play ;
She took the coin in a taciturn manner,
He took his departure, mute as his spanner,

And " no words were wasted," ri tol de lol lay !
He wrote to the " Wheel World " such a long letter,

Ri tol de lol liddle, " Delighted to say,"
" Must recommend," " Wheelmen cannot do better,"
** Counter attractions," " Shall never forget her,"

" Look forward with pleasure," rilol de lol lay !

Alas for Adonis ! the hearts he beguiles,
Ri tol de lol liddle, alack ! lack-a-day !
And sweet Amaryllis, now practised in wiles,
High heels and tight lacing, face-powder and smiles,
And " kiss-me-quick " curlets, ri tol de lol lay !

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Impressible youth ! adorable beauty !

Ri tol de lol liddle, ah me ! that I'm grey ;
Once I confess was flirtation a duty,
I loved golden tresses, Lillie's were jutey,
But now I love cycling, ri tol de lol lay !

Sing, Ri tol de lol liddle,
Ri tol de lol lay !

" August," B.T.C.
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THE SAFETY OF BICYCLING.

HERE seems to be at the present time a mistaken idea
prevalent in the minds of would-be bicyclists, that the
dangers attending bicycling are more numerous than that
of any other sport ; this I imagine must be attributable to
the fact that the high roads and other public places are those in
which bicyclists are want to congregate, and consequently the
slightest accident is brought to the public gaze, and tends to create
an unfavourable idea of the sport in the prejudiced minds of those
who have not experienced its manifold pleasures. That bicycling is
not the foremost in danger is clearly proved by reference to the
Dailies' columns within the past fortnight, wherein two deaths
have been chronicled, in consequence of the unfortunates participa-
ting in that brutal game termed " football ;" whereas a death
emanating from wheel riding is a thing happily of very rare occurrence ;
these are only two of the many instances which have came to light
by the means of the press, but they will go to prove the stability of
my assertion. Accidents, termed " croppers," may, in the
generality of instances, be traced to those individuals whose
riding may be classified as " reckless," and who endeavour
to clear horses, carts, and other obstructions, like so many pebbles ;
but those who mount the iron steed for the means of real recreation
and locomotion, and who practice common-sense principles when on
the road, have been known to ride for years without the slightest
" cropper" to mar the felicity of bicycling. In conclusion, I trust
that my few remarks may not only help to disperse the aforesaid
mistaken idea, but to deter bicyclists from indulging in the foolish
custom of pace-makingon the public highways, and other nonsensical
practices. A. H., Victorian B.C.

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"The Cyclist and Wheel World Annual" describes the Massachusetts
Club uniform as being composed of dark blue breeches, stockings,
and helmet. We always wondered why Parsons and Wilmot wore
ulsters when on the wheel. The Marlboro' Club is even worse off
than the Massachusetts Club, their uniform consisting of blue and
grey stockings. Rather cool, to say the least. Ninety-nine American
clubs are described in the Annual. Every secretary should have the
book for reference. The mistakes in description were probably made
by the club secretaries in filling out the blanks which were sent to
them by the editors of the Annual. — Bicycling World, Feb. 24th, 1882.

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JONES'S HEADER.

jjONES had just bought a bicycle — a lean, long, lank-
looking, second-hand 56m. He placed it against the back
fence, and called Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Jones appeared. She
threw an admiring glance upon the bicycle. " Is that
yourn, Joney dear?" said she, addressing her husband. "Yes,
Chusey, it's all mine," replied the nobler half. By the way, he
always calls her " Chusey," because mamma so much prefers it to
" Susie." " Oh, I'm so glad you've brought it home," she said :
" my ! what a lot of nice fresh water we shall have, instead of
' Cochituate essence,' and then — " "Tut, dear!" broke in Jones,
" it's not a wind-mill, nor a tooth-pick, nor a cider press. Its a gosh
darned bicycle." Jones was growing red, and so "Chusey" re-
treated to the recesses of the kitchen. The would-be 'cycler now
bethought himself to take a ride. He would just look to his attire.
An old pair of cream-colored hose (part of his wife's trousseati), he
thought, would do for protection to his less-than-ample calves. A
pair of blue overalls, rolled up to the knee, would answer for
breeches. An old beaver he thought would be comfortable, being
roomy, and therefore airy, for head-gear.

So Jones stalked out into the middle of the road. How was he
to get on ? Somebody must hold the " thing." Ah! a passing boy
was hailed, a contract sought. "Ten cents," said Jones. "Not
'nuff," replied the youngster. "Twelve cents," proposed Jones.
" Raise it one, mister, an' I'm your man," remarked, Young Enter-
prise. Jones felt in his pocket. Agreed. The first lesson was like
all first lessons— more of a tumble than anything else. However,
after a half-hour's practice, Jones deemed himself a competent rider,
and dismissed his assistant. One more trial, and he would go to
supper. A convenient fence was taken possession of, and a success-
ful mount made. A few revolutions of the wheel, and Jones sat in
blissful peace and harmony upon the pigskin saddle. A few more
revolutions, and nothing but a small twig in the road disturbed his
peace of mind. He though he would whistle — no, he thought he
wouldn't. A pebble of monstrous proportions arose before him.
Should he turn to the left ? No, a large hole lay on that side.
Should he turn to the right ? No, that was worse yet ; it was
covered with deep sand, and that terrestrial article, he had heard,
was inimical to bicyclers. There was nought to do but ride straight
ahead, and take the chances of a mild fall. Jones thought of a num-
ber of things during this short space of time. He thought of
Chusey, and offspring at home ; of Chusey's mother-in-law ; and —
well, his thoughts wandered back to the pebble, and he wondered if
some spiritual power might not snatch it from under him ? Whir-r-r !
There was a transformation scene, — a disturbing of the atmosphere
— a superflux of limbs, a thud, and a crash.

All was dark. The flickering lamplight shone on a countenance
pale and emaciated, the property of Jones the 'cycler. " Put on

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brake — put on the brake — grease the spokes — rub down the back-
bone,— anything, anything, for my sake ; but don't throw those rocks
at me ! don't! don't I don't!" were the wandering remarks of the
unfortunate one.

Two days after. Sign in front of Jones's residence. " Bicycle,
1 pair cream-colored hose, 1 pair blue breeches, 1 pair garters, for
sale cheap. Apply within." — Bicycling World, March 17th.

THE FIRST OF APRIL.

By Handel Barre.

I rejoice in the name of Russell Crawley Hastings, and besides being
in a profession, I fill up my spare time as a humble member of the
Bicycling Press, and it is my purpose to relate, in the following little
story, how I was " sold " in my literary capacity on the 1st April,
1 88 1, just a year ago to-day. A few days before that one dedicated
to All Fools, I received the following epistle, written in a lady's
neat hand : —

" Digby Park, 24th March, 1881.

" Mrs. Digby presents her compliments to Mr. Russell C. Hastings,
and begs that he will favour her with his company at a ball to be
given to the members of the Watford Bicycle Club on Thursday next,
the 31st inst. Mr. Hastings need not trouble to reply if he will be
present, but will please book by L. & N. W. to Watford, where a
carriage will await him.

" Dancing will commence at 9, and continue until 4 o'clock next
morning."

" Now," said I to myself, " Russell, my fine fellow ! that's some-
thing like an invitation for you. You have been to quite enough
dinners and suppers this winter season, and are sick of them, and
even a dance every week in the Town-hall at Hard Wareton gets a
little tiresome after a couple of months, but this is something out of
the common ; one of the best houses in the county ; there really is
an advantage in being on the staff of the Cyclists' Herald, after all.
The Hermits Oak fellows will be green with envy. I never heard of
the Watford B.C., though. That seems queer. I thought I knew
every club in the district. Perhaps they are a private club, and don't
support the Herald — bad taste on their part. However, I mean to
go, that's certain."

So on the eventful evening I took the 7.30 train for Watford, reach-
ing that little rural town by about 8.15, and at once set to work to find
the " carriage" awaiting me. But no equippage was to be seen, and
my enquiry of a surly porter only drew forth the information that " He
hadn't seen no kerridge, and didn't know nuffin about one from the
Park ; the only one he knowed on was the fly from the Shoulder o'
Mutton, and that took old Miss Milton to the Parson's.

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In reply to my further query, " Could I get a fly at Watford ?" he
replied, " No, I couldn't get a fly at Watford.'' Again, " Why couldn't
I get a fly at Watford ?" "Because th' warn't no fly at Watford,"
and he added a hope that " I might never have a 'ed-ache till there
was a fly at Watford."

" Russell, my friend," I whispered to myself," it's a case of Hobson's
choice — you must walk, my boy!" So having enquired my road, I
took up my bag, and set off to tramp to Digby Park, about four miles
away. The night was windy and cold, but I struggled on manfully,
denying myself the company of my pipe for the sake of the young
ladies with whom, later on, I hoped to dance. Stepping briskly on,
in little more than an hour I found myself walking along the carriage
drive leading to the Hall, and, on presenting myself at the entrance,
was met by a man-servant, and ushered into a private room to change
my coat and shoes. I felt rather queer at finding myself at such a
grand house (it was a handsome Elizabethan mansion), where I knew
no one, and I wondered how I should make my entrance into the
ball-room alone, for dancing had already commenced. A bright idea,
however, struck me, and I gave my card to the man, desiring him to
request the club captain to step up to my room, that he might act as
my introducer.

He disappeared with the pasteboard, and in a couple of minutes a
knock came to my door, and, in answer to my" Come in, please," an
elderly, military looking gentleman entered, bearing it in his hand.
"The Captain, I believe ?" said I enquiringly. "That is my title,
Mr. Hastings," he replied, looking at my card and then at me. " Then,
perhaps, you will be good enough to introduce me to Mrs. Digby."
" Certainly. Come along," he rejoined. " Any relation to Crawley
Hastings, of Harrowfield ?" he continued. " Yes, he's my father's
brother," I replied. " Oh ! then you meet an old friend of your family
in me, and I shall be happy to introduce you to strangers. I suppose,
though, you know most of the people here ? " " No, I can't say I
do," I replied, and at the moment we entered a brilliantly lighted
picture gallery, with handsome floor of polished wood, which was
being used as a ball-room. My new friend led me up to the top of
the apartment, where sat a pleasant, elderly, aristocratic looking lady,
who proved to be Mrs. Digby, and to whom I was presented. She
smiled in a kind, grave manner, and gave me her hand, but I thought
she turned an enquiring look on the Captain, who, by the bye, seemed
a gentleman rather advanced in years to command a bicycle club.
After a couple of minutes' conversation some new arrivals appeared,
and my guide was about to introduce me to some partners for
dancing, when a hand was laid on my shoulder, and turning round I
was surprised to see Al. Carslake and Phil. Colmore, two brother
« Hermits."

" Who'd have thought of seeing you here ? " exclaimed Al. " Do
you know Mrs. Digby ? " " Yes, I've just been introduced." " Oh j
you're all right, then," and turning to my conductor, he continued

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" Colmore and I will see after Mr. Hastings, Captain, he is a fellow
clubman of ours. Come along, Russell, I'll find you nice partners ;
you shall stand up in the next Lancers in our set."

We then strolled round the room, and I had commenced to fill up
m)" programme, when whom should I espy, sitting next to a beautiful
dark girl (who proved to be Miss Digby), but pretty little May
Cardale, whom I had met a month before at a ball at Hard Wareton,
and who had haunted my memory ever since.

The charming face of the petite belle lit up with a smile as I
approached, and I thought I detected a slight blush suffusing her
cheeks as she gave me her hand. As for me I was quite in a tremor
of excitement, and opened the conversation with an original remark
concerning the fine weather, whilst, as a point of fact, by this time a
howling storm was expending its fury outside — mats que voulez-vous,
an Englishman must start with the weather. My first remark being
such a success, I followed it up by requesting the pleasure of her
programme, and having got hold of it, filled up several spaces
opposite vacant dances with my initials in various stages of shakiness,
from having to write them standing, and being watched by the
young lady's bright eyes, until at the last attempt the C ran into
the R, and the H, looking like a festive drunkard, appeared to be
dancing on both. However, I managed to fill up the card to our
mutual satisfaction, taking care to secure the dance just before
supper, which was announced to take place at 12 o'clock midnight.

I was next introduced to Miss Digby (a handsome, agreeable girl,
whom I speedily discovered to be the special object of Phil. Colmore's
attentions), also to several other young ladies, amongst whom I
filled up the remaining dances, so the time passed merrily enough
until " the witching hour," which came none too quickly for me — I
was so impatient to continue my interesting flirtation, commenced a
month ago at Hard Wareton, and renewed at intervals during the
evening. You may, therefore, be sure I was in attendance before
the music struck up for the supper waltz, and after it was finished
gaily escorted the young lady to the table, which was laid out in a'
spacious dining-room, and glittered with glass and plate, the latter
being all marked with a "Fox" (the family crest), from the tiny
salt-spoons to the immense dish-covers, which reflected the young,
happy faces gathered round the festive board, groaning under the
weight of good things upon it. Most of the guests were young people,
and what with the excitement of dancing, the lights, the music and
good cheer, the talking was incessant, and of the liveliest kind ;
in fact, such as only young people who are thoroughly enjoying
themselves can indulge in — soft nothings, simple jokes, and careless
harmless small-talk generally. The first we scoff at when we attain
respectable middle-age ; the second, very often, are quite as stupid
as when we were younger, but not always so simple ; and the care-
less small-talk gives way to dull croakings of crops, and politics
among the men, or measles, fashions and scandal among the

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women. To return — such talk (conversation ridiculous when re-
duced to black and white, but delicious when indulged in by youth,
and of the opposite sexes) continued for half-an-hour or more, when,
all having finished supper, Lieut. Digby, a nephew of the hostess,
rose, and signing for attention, proceeded in a short and soldier-like
speech to propose the health and happiness of his cousin, Miss
Evelyn Digby, whose twentieth birthday it was. The health was
drunk with every good wish for the kind, handsome girl connected
with the toast, and as soon as the flutter had a little subsided,
another young gentleman stood up, and declared that there was one
other toast which must not be overlooked, and that, he said — together
with the one already honoured — would form the whole list, after which
dancing would re-commence. " The Watford B.C.,'' thought I, and
felt pleased to think that I should have to make no speech by
responding for the paper I represented ; judge, then, of my surprise
when, instead of the club being proposed, he named " The Press" as
the object of the toast, at the mention of which there was a general
laugh and clapping of hands, which made my breast swell with a
conscious pride, you may be sure, as I prepared to take mental notes
for a reply. " No one," he said, "was better aware than himself of
the kindness, geniality and cleverness of the gentleman present, so
well known amongst Mrs. Digby's friends as ' The Press.' " (This I
thought coming it rather strong, especially as the speaker had never
met me before, and even now had not spoken a hundred words to
me. Clever, too !— of course he meant that pun I made — he
evidently could recognise good wit). " And," he continued, " in
recognising these various qualities I feel sure I do not stand alone,
but am certain that if each individual present gave his or her private
opinion on the matter, they would all say the same ; and I know
that, after the important part he has taken to make the affair of this
evening a success" — (I didn't see that point, somehow) — "you will
all remember with pleasure the fact that our dear friend" — (rather
affectionate, by George) — " has been prevailed upon to be present, at
considerable inconvenience to himself, to make one of such a merry
company."

With that he sat down, and I rose to my feet, just as the Caplain
did the same. I hastily sat down again, feeling rather confused, but
the gentleman begged that I would stand up and say anything I had
to pay before he responded. It seemed odd that the captain of the
club should rise to reply for " The Press,'' especially as nothing had
been said about the Watford B.C. ; but I had no time to speculate, so
rose and began at once : — " Ladies and gentlemen, — I will not attempt
to hide behind a mock modesty by saying that I am unused to public
speaking of this kind, for, in my humble way, I am obliged to do so
very often. {By this time the company were ej^eing me and each
other rather queerly.) The terms in which you have spoken of my
presence and abilities are indeed flattering, and I thank you extremely
for them — (an audible titter at the far end. of the table) — also for the
ndness generally expressed towards me — (more tittering ; I bega

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to feel uncomfortable). I think, however, it is I who should feel com-
plimented by being invited to such a select assembly, rather than you
should feel pleased by my attendance, but I assure you, ladies and
gentlemen, that if my endeavours can have any weight, my report of
this Ball in the Cyclists Herald shall be of such a nature that the Wat-
ford B.C. shall be the envy of the county. In fact ,' 'I was continuing

when good manners could stand it no longer, and the whole table
burst into a roar, whilst I, indignant and blushing scarlet, stood con-
fusedly confronting my laughing audience, until Phil. Colmore, rising
from his seat, came swiftly to me and whispered, " You've made a
devil of a mistake, Russell; you must have been drinking." "I've
not touched a spot, my glasses are dry : look for yourself," I replied
hotly. " Hang your glasses ; come with me, you must get out of this
now, and explain afterwards," and he hurried me, sick at heart, out
of the apartment to the smoke-room upstairs, where I sat down, over-
come with shame. "What have I done, Phil.?" I faltered, as
soon as I could speak ; " did I say anything so very ridiculous to make
them all laugh so ?" "Confound it! no one wanted you to speak at all ;
it was Captain Grey's place to respond. . This is a private party ; what
on earth did you want to drag in that wretched Cyclists'1 Herald for ?
and the Watford B.C. ? Bah ! there isn't such a club ; you must be
mad." "But 'The Press' was proposed." "Of course it was; don't
you know they always call Captain Grey so here ?" " How should I?
I never was here before, and when I had the invitation I naturally sup-
posed I was to represent the Herald" "That's odd!" "What?"
"The invitation." "Perhaps you'll say I was not invited next?"
"Well, so far as I know, you weren't, and I sent out the cards for Mrs.
Digby." "Here is the letter, any way," said I, producing it. "Letter!"
he exclaimed, " the invitations were sent out punted on cards ; this is
a forgery. I see it all," he continued, a smile overspreading his face
as he read " To be held on the 31st inst., &c. Dancing will commence
at 9, and continue until 4 o'clock next morning." " It's next
morning now, and the 1 st of April. Russell, my friend, you've been
fairly tricked," and he laughed heartily ; but in a moment continued,
" Wait a bit, I'll go and explain," and so left me, but returned in a
couple of minutes with Mrs. Digby.

" Madame," I exclaimed, " you have heard of the cruel manner in
which I have been duped into attending your ball, really unasked ; I
can only beg you to believe that I am to be pitied, rather than blamed,
for being here, as I came in good faith, supposing my credentials to
be bona fide, and as I must now leave the house I should be pleased to
hear you say that you acquit me of any duplicity in the matter."
" Certainly, I acquit you, Mr. Hastings," she replied; "and more
than that, I sympathise with you very deeply; a? you say, it was a cruel
trick, but as you have been introduced here by misadventure, be sure
it will be your own fault if you do not come many times again by in-
vitation ;" and, to cut along story short, suffice it to say I did go again.

I continued in the smoke-room for some time, and Captain Grey
came up to chat with mo and explain that he was called " The Press"
among his friends at the Park, because he was supposed to know a

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little of nearly every subject, and usually arranged the parties for
Mrs. Digby, as on tbe present occasion he had done. He also told me
that he was a Captain in the — th Regiment, and not in a B.C. ; thus
a part of the mistake arose from the fact of the man to whom! ~ave
my card supposing it to be for Mr. Grey, and taking it to him. He
tried to persuade me to return to the dancing, but I could not make
up my mind to do so, although, one after another, nearly all the gentle-
men came to condole with my position, and to ask me to come back ;
but I began to waver at last, and my resolution gave way when
Al. Carslake brought me a pretty little note, on the back of a pro-
gramme, from Miss Cardale, and I returned with him to answer it in
person. Everyone was so cordial and anxious to see me at my ease,
that Jong before the ball was over I had nearly forgotten my trouble ;
and so kind was the sympathy of May Cardale, that I improved the
occasion to such an extent that by to-day, just one year, I stand in the
happy position of her accepted lover. I never found out who played
the trick upon me, but I don't consider I had the worst of it after all.
What do you think, dear Reader ?

BICYCLE BITS AND TRICYCLE TRIFLES.

By a Stanleyan Cyclomaniac.

The " Alpha" Bicycle claims to be A 1 .

The " Special" corresponds with its name.

The " Arrow" Tricycle is manufactured at Bow.

The " Monarch" has a seat from which you cannot be throne.

The V Salvo" goes like a shot.

The " Meteor" is by Star-ley and Co.

The " Centaur" 'Cycles are a centaur of attraction.

The "Magnet" machines are also attractive.

The " Antelope" Bicycle is a little dear.

The " Excelsior !'" can be borrowed on the higher system.

Thft " Flying Dutchman " is one of Wagner's 'Cycles.

The " Arab " Bicycle is more of a street Arab than a Bedouin.

The prize " Black Bess " is the Bess-t of its kind.

The " Veloci-man " is the fastest 'man on record.

The "Now Howe" Tricycle was invented because the makers fomv
hoiv.

The " Convertible " is easily converted — into money.

The " Premier's " seat is always secure.

The " Telescopic" Tricycle, when properly focussed, will carry a long
way.

The "Marmion" Bicycle (Stanley Association) has adopted the Scott-
ish motto, "On, Stanley, on!"

Though we have named so many machines, we must mention one
more tricycle — the " Cheyleswore."

" Whirling Wheels" is one of the 'cycling journals, so is the "Wheel
WhirVdr

Wheel-riders are often " sent to Coventry " — to choose machines.

For names of riders disabled by indisposition, consult the Cyc-list.

THE WHEEL WORLD. 271

POOR PUFFANBLOW.

By Frank Severn.
HERE ! If ever there was a poor lunatic at large, that's
you, Puffy ! What have you done now ? Well, I like
that ! What have you done ? Why, who would have
thought of such a thing but a madman ? And at your
time of life, too. Bicycles, indeed ! A pretty figure you think you
will cut, I dare say. You are glad to hear it ? Now, don't |talk like
that, but listen to me. It was bad enough for you to waste your
precious time covering reams of paper with all sorts of rubbish signed
Toddle, or some such trashy name, and sending it to the papers,
but to go and buy another bicycle ! You've had hundreds of bicycles !
What ? You have only had a dozen or two. That has nothing to
do with it. I did hope, after that awful accident last year, you
would think of your wife. You will never forget her. Now, I should
like to know what you mean by that.- You call yourself the father
of a family, and go trapezing about the country on twerligigs like a
great big baby.

A nice lot of patients you will get now. What will the Rev. Stiff-
astarch think of you ? What ! You don't care ? That's a nice way
to speak of your Rector. Where do you expect to go to, Mr. Puffan-
blow, eh ? To Coventry early next week. No ! You will not, unless
I go with you. Ah ! but that's just like you, running away from
your own family.

Now, don't rave like that. I am not a shrew, and I do not want
to ride pillion on that precious " Duplex" of yours. Bayliss, indeed !
A very pretty name, certainly ! Nice goings on, I dare say ! Now,
I have foUnd out why you are always so anxious about your letters,
thousands of 'em, with the Coventry post-mark. From that minx,
Miss Bayliss, I'll be bound! What? Bayliss is a man. Well, I
only wish you were, Puffy.

No, I won't talk about something else. As you are so fond of
machines, you would do well to buy a Wilcox and Gibbs, and engage
a seamstress by the week, for / won't look after your nether gar-
ments, so don't think it. I heard about you ! When you had a
cropper, as you call it, the other day, and came limping home one
mass of rags and mud, some kind hearted soul put a penny in your
hand, thinking you were a tramp — and soon you will be, at this rate.
Who told me ? Why, the girl Anne, of course ; and all the neigh-
bours know it, too. You 11 send Anne away without a character. No,
you won't do anything of the sort. And who would give you
a character, I should like to know ? What ? You.have a headache.
Of course you have, twirling about like a Merry Andrew at a fair,
with a parcel of lunatics as bad as yourself, on one of your club runs ;
•not to speak of your " social," as you call it. And I suppose they
made you sing a comic song, eh ? What of it ? A good deal, sir !
It was a very short one. And very respectable, I dare say. Perhaps

272 THE WHEEL WORLD.

they made you dance a break-down ? What do J know aboat break-
downs ? Quite enough, I should think. I have not forgotten how
many yards — acres, I may say — of lint and sticking-plaister you
have used this last twelvemonths.

No, I have not done yet. Perhaps you don't know how many
buttons were missing off your things last week. Well, there were
seven. What ? Seven is a lucky number. Well, that's a nice way

to answer me. At the rate you go . Thirteen miles an hour.

More shame for you. As I was saying, at the rate you go you won't
have a button left some day, then what will you do ? Go without
any. Don't talk such nonsense. You will have strings instead. A
nice treat for me. I suppose you will pretend that you don't care
whether you are dressed at all, soon. You don't care. What ? Any-
thing for a quiet life. That's just what I say. Why you want to go
tearing about the country on a two-wheeled bicycle velocipede I can't
think. And the wife I am to you, Puffanblow. That's just it.
There ! Don't kick up and down in that way when you are spoken
to, just as if you were on that two-wheeled bicycle. And how many
more times am I to ask you to cut your big toe nails, Mr. Puffan-
blow ? They are as long, and sharp, and . Just like my tongue.

Well, I'm sure, after that I'd better say no more, but just this, you
can sew the bicycle— buttons — social — braces — bree — buttons — trow
— gah — n-u-r-r-r-r-ah.

P.S. — Asleep at last. Joy in the house of Puffanblow.

PATENT RECORD.

(Compiled by Hart cfe Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C., from

whom all information concerning Patents, including book of instructions,

may be obtained.)

APPLICATIONS FOR LETTERS PATENT.

796. — J. Harrington, Coventry. Tricycles and other velocipedes. 18th Feb.>

1882.
845. — C. Edwards, Birmingham. Saddles of bicycles, cfec. 21st Feb., 1882.
848.— J. Humpage, Bristol. Velocipedes. 21st Feb., 1882.
877. — H. Lees, Ashton-under-Lyne. Alarum bells for bicycles, &c. 23rd Feb.,

1882. " ■

1001.— T. Fry, Hampstead. Safety 'cycle saddle. 2nd March, 1882.
, 1018. — G. Singer and R. H. Lea, Coventry. Velocipedes. 3rd March, 1882.
1052.— T. H. Ward, Tipton. Velocipede, &c. 4th March, 1882.
1081.— A. Whittall, Kidderminster. Water Velocipedes. 6th March, 1882.
1098. — J. M. Taylor, Seer Green, and G. Wethered, Maidenhead. Means for

working velocipedes. 7th March, 1882.
1114. — W. Skaife, London. Lamps for bicycles, tricycles, &c. 8th March, 1882.
1130. — G. F. Redfem, London. Mechanism for propelling and controlling
vehicles by hand (com. by P. Collamore, Boston, U.S.A.). 8th March,
1882.

THE WHEEL WORLD. 273

NOTICES TO PBOCEED

Have been given by the following applicants on the dates named : —

17th February, 1882.

4492. — W. Harrison, Manchester. Velocipedes, &c. 14th Oct., 1881.

650. — H. A. Dufrene, Paris. Velocipedes (com. by A. Mange, Lonchamp*

France). 10th Feb., 1882.

24th February, 1882.
4542.— F. W. Eicke, Beulah Hill. Construction of velocipedes. 18th Oct., 1881.
4600.— G. Singer, Coventry. Velocipedes. 20th Oct., 1881.
5139.— F. Beauchamp, Edmonton. Tricycles, &c. 24th Nov., 1881.

3rd March, 1882.
4722.— F. "W. Jones, Exeter. Velocipedes. 28th Oct., 1881.
4901. — B. E. Phillips, "Westminster. Construction of velocipedes, &c. 9th Nov.,
1881.

7th March, 1882.
4829.— A. Archer, Birmingham. Tricycles and other velocipedes. 3rd Nov.,

1881.
608.— J. Beeston, Lymington. Tricycles. 8th Feb., 1882.

10th March, 1882.
4865. — S. Armstrong, Birmingham. Forks of bicycles, &c. 7th Nov., 1881.

PATENTS SEALED.
The following Letters Patent passed the Great Seal on the dates named : —
3rd March, 1882.
3888.— H. Haes, Wednesbury. Bicycles. 8th Sept., 1881

7th March, 1882.
4548.— S. Hall, Hampstead. Velocipedes. 18th Oct., 1881.

PATENTS VOID
Through the non-payment of the £50 or £100 stamp duty.
486.— F. Cafferata, Liverpool. Bicycles and tricycles, &c. 7th Feb., 1879.
621. — J. Puntis and T. Puntis, Upton Park. Bicycles, tricycles, &c. 15th Feb*

1879.
546. — E. Shaw, Manchester. TVheels for velocipedes. 15th Feb., 1875.

ABBIDGMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS.
Published during the month ending 15th December, 1881.

2613. — A. L. Bricknell, Brixton. Velocipedes. In this bicycle the front wheel
is carried in a horizontal frame, which extends backwards, and is
pivotted to the vertical fork of the hind wheel. The frame is built in
an open girder, the parts being widest apart vertically near the centre.
The front end is double, to form a fork for the admission of the front
wheel. An upright support is fixed in the middle of the girder, which
carries the saddle and the handle-bar. A rod reaches from the hinder
fork to the handle-bar, where it is hinged to a short lever by which the
steering is effected. The wheel is driven by treadles on levers, which
actuate a pawl and ratchet mechanism on the boss of the driving wheel-
16th June, 1881. Price 6d.

3016. — G-. L. O. Davidson, London. Velocipedes. These velocipedes have their
horizontal frames so constructed that they may carry four persons, two
of whom will sit in front on a suitable carriage arranged on prolonga-
tions of the frames, and two behind, who will drive the vehicle. There
are two large driving wheels, and one steering wheel behind. There is
also a small wheel in front that will normally be a little off the ground.
9th July, 1881. Price 6d.

274 THE WHEEL WORLD.

2680. — L. H. Pearce, Hammersmith. Monocycles. One large wheel is mounted
loosely on a shaft, on the ends of which the frames, which carry on
each side of the wheel the seats and handles, are secured. These
frames project downwards, and carry the cranks. The large wheel is
driven by chain gearing from the crank axles to chain wheels on each
side of the hub of the driving wheel. 18th June, 1881. Price 6d.

2895. — G. Lowry, Salford. Tricycles, etc. The driving wheels are placed on
separate cannon-brackets, and a shaft passes through each of these,
and is attached to the boss of the wheels. A disc or ratchet wheel on
the other end of the shaft is worked by levers. The spokes of the
wheels are formed of two strands of wire, one strand being passed
through the boss, and the other through the rim. (Pro. pro.) 2nd
July, 1881. Price 2d.

2936. — R. Jones, Liverpool. Tricycles, etc. These have three driving wheels
of equal size, each with a saddle and cranks, &c. The front wheel is
like a bicycle wheel, and the backbone projects out horizontally and is
forked into two prongs, on which are the other two wheels. (Pro. pro.)
5th July, 1881; Price 2d.

ABRIDGMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS

Published during the month ending 15th March, 1882.
[Prepared by Hart A Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C.]

1712. — E. S. Ritchie, Massachusetts. Odometers. A carrier is fitted on the
axle of a bicycle, in which are arranged two magnets, with their respec-
tive North and South poles in contiguity. Near them is placed a short
magnetic needle, connected with counting mechanism to show the
number of revolutions made by the needle. As the wheel revolves the
needle will revolve with it, and indicate the distance travelled. 20th
April, 1881. Price 6d.

2411. — J. Aylward, Birmingham. Means or ajmaratus for transmitting motive
power. This is especially applicable to velocipedes. To the band or
flat chain that transmits the motion from the crank shaft to the wheel
shaft are attached on the inside cross pieces of metal, which take into
recesses formed on the peripheries of the pulleys. 1st June, 1881.
Price 6d.

3077. — H. S. H. Shaw and E. Shaw, Bristol. Speed indicators for velocipedes,
&c. A hollow roller is brought into contact with the periphery of the
wheel, the spindle of which carries a ball governor. The size of the
circle apparently described by the balls indicates the speed. (Pro. pro.)
14th July, 1881. Price 2d.

3085. — R. Roger, Stockton-on-Tees. Alarms for road vehicles. This is
especially applicable to bicycles. The alarm is fastened to the upper
part of the fork, and when a roller is pressed down on to the periphery
of the wheel, the revolutions thereof actuate a small air pump, which
forces air through a whistle. (Pro. pro.) 14th July, 1881. Price 2d.

2927. — J. Simmons, Brixton. Propelling and steering road vehicles by the
hands and feet. The axle between the two driving wheels is cranked,
and the rider sits so that he can work them by his hands. Treadles
are connected with the cranks by bands, so that he can also work with
his feet. 5th July, 1881. Price 6d.

3043. — G. J. T. Barrett, London. Bicycles, &c. This attaches the saddle to the
springs, by hinges or ball and socket joints. It also applies the " Sun
it Planet" motion to the cranks. It also constructs a tricycle, which
has one front wheel like a bicycle, and two rear wheels revolving
separately (Pro. pro.) 12lh July, 1881. Price 2d.

THE WHEEL WORLD. 275

3110. — W. H. Howorth, Cleckheaton. Propelling tricycles, &c. This uses
hydraulic power. A reservoir of water on the vehicle is connected to a
ram or pump, which rotates a turbine, after which the water returns to
the reservoir. The turbine is connected to the wheels. (Pro. pro.)
16th July, 1881. Price 2d.
2246. — G. Singer, Coventry. Velocipedes. To enable tricycles, &c, to be con-
tracted, the framework is made in three parts, two carrying the side
wheels and one the third wheel. These are all parallel to one another,
and are connected together by hinged cross-pieces, so placed that when
the crank shaft is removed the machine can simultaneously be con-
tracted in width and length. 23rd May, 1881. Price 6d.
3245. — T. Brown, London. Monocycle. On the end of the axle is mounted a
bracket, on which is the seat in the upper part, and in the lower part
ai'e the treadles, which are connected by a band to the axle of the
wheel. This arrangement is fixed on each side of the wheel, which
will thus mount two riders. (Pro. pro.) 25th July, 1881. Price 2d.
3289. — W. Pi. Hydes, Sheffield. Bicycles. Two sets of balls are used, above and
below the neck of the backbone, in the head of the bicycle, to form the
bearing and reduce the friction. (Pro. pro.) 27th July, 1881. Price 2d.
3180. — J. G. Smith, Eccles. Tricycles. The two large wheels are mounted on
a cranked axle, one of them being fixed thereon. The seat is on the
backbone behind the axle, in such a position that the rider can work the
cranks by his hands. The steering rod passes between the rider's knees.
21st July, 1881. Price 6d.
3200. — A. Burdess, Coventry. Driving mechanism of tricycles. This consists
of two wheels, either toothed or friction wheels, one of which is
mounted on the axis of the driving wheel, and one on the crank shaft.
The cranks, therefore, are worked backwards when it is desired to pro-
pel the machine forwards, and vice versa. 22nd July, 1881. Price 6d.
3212. — G. Singer, Coventry. Velocipedes. One or more pairs of folding cross
pieces are attached to the two side pieces that carry the wheels. These
move upwards and downwards, and when the pin that connects the
centre joints of the cross pieces is removed, the machine can be con-
tracted into a narrow space. The seat is attached to the centre pin. It
is, therefore, when the machine is contracted, lifted above the wheels.
To enable the brake to be applied to both wheels, the brake blocks are
attached to an open framework of an elongated diamond shape. This is
actuated by the usual lever, and is very rigid. 22nd July, 1881. Price 6d.

3343. — J. M. Tyrer, Crosby. Velocipedes. A slide block moves in slides formed
in each side of the fork, to which is attached the pedal, and connecting
rods connect these blocks with the cranks of the driving wheel. The
wheel may, therefore, be of any diameter. (Pro. pro.) 2nd Aug., 1881.
Price 2d.

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Also noiseless HEAD LAMPS for Bicycles and Tricycles. Over Twelve Thousand are
in use.— Sold by all Bicycle Makers and Agents throughout the Kingdom, and at the
Manufactory,

125, & 126, IiOlVO ACRE, LONDON.
Established 1806

24 The Wheel World Advertiser — April, 1882.

GO TO

MAYNARD, HARRIS & GO.

FOR

The ' Special Devon ' Tricycle,

Which is of entirely novel construction, and contains more
important improvements than any Tricycle yet constructed ;

The 'Devon Safety' Bicycle,

THE

' MMwnM And ft!

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SELECTIONS OF CLOTHS

FOR CLUB UNIFORMS, &c, &c.

126 and 127, LEADENHALL STREET,

LONDON, K.C.

Humber, Marriott & Cooper,

MAKERS OF THE CELEBRATED

HUMBER BICYCLE,

The most Popular Machine for 1881.

BEESTON, NOTTINGHAM, & 78, RICH-
MOND ROAD, LONDON, S.W,

BICYCLE UNION CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1881.

One Mile, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.

G. E. Liles, 2nd, on a 55m. Humber.
Five Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.
25 Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.

C. Crute, 2nd, on a 54m. Humber.

C. E. Liles, 3rd, on a 55m. Humber.
50 Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.

C. Crute, 2nd, on a 54m. Humber.

The 50 miles was done in the remarkable time of 2 hours 50 second? beatiug
record time from 25 miles by 4 minutes 15f seconds i ji the full distance. The
last quarter in the mile race was run in 36£ seconds, by far fine fastest quarter
mile on record.

SEND FOR PRICE LISTS OF THESE CELEBRATED MACHINES.

All racing men and tourists should possess a Humber Bicycle, which is easier
and swifter than any other make. Delivery in 10 days from order.

THE HUMBER TRICYCLE,

Upon which was won the 50 Miles Cbampionship, in the splendid time of
4 nours 15 minutes, by G. L. Hillier, Esq. Special features : Speed and ease
in hill mounting. Reigate Hill was ridden by S. J. Slocombe, Esq., in 13
minutes on this Tricycle, the same distance as the Bicycle trial, many Bicycles
exceeding that time.

Important Noticb. — The Second Annual 50 Miles Tricycle Championship
Race, on June 25th, 1881, was won on the Humber Tricycle by Gr. L. Hillier,
against twenty other competitors, the second man being 33 minutes, or about
equal to six miles, behind.

THE

Bicycle

AND

Athletic
Outfitter.

21,
LEADENHALL SJ.

LIME STREET,

LONDON,

E.C.

PURCHASE YOUR BICYCLE OR TRICYCLE

Any make, at Manufacturers' Prices, on

GOY'S NEW PLAN.

Arrangements have also been made to supply BOA TS, CANOE8, PBINXING PBESSES,
HOME TFA.INEKS, LATHES, FEET SAWS and PEEAMBULATOBS, BATH CHAIES
INVALID FUBNITTJBE, WASHING MACHINES, GYMNASTIC APPAEATUS
BAGATELLE and BILLIAED TABLES, &c.,on GOY'S original introduction of deferred
payments, i.e., Liberal Discount for Cash, or by equal Monthly Instalments not exceeding 12

FROM GOY, THE ATHLETIC OUTFITTER,

You can obtain Club Uniforms and every requisite f ->r —

icycling

Camping Out

Kinking

Tricycling

Yachting

Skating

Cricket

Gymnastics

Boxing

Lawn Tennis

Football

Fencing

Lacrosse

Swimming

ASO ALL

Boating

Running

Athletic

Canoeing

Walking Sports

GOVS

CALENDAR OF SPORTS

Forwarded free

on receipt of addressed

postal w pper.

Bicycles and Tricycles Repaired or Repainted at Reasonable Prices.

INSURE AGAINST ACCIDENTS THROUGH COY.

IS* Write for List you require.

Printed and Fublithed by Iliffe & Son, Ihe Cyclist Office, 12, Smithford Street, Coventry.
London : HabeY Etbebington, 162, Fleet Street, E.C.

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